M2.9 earthquake 2 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Thu, Nov 25, 1971, 6:08 PM HST

UTC

1971-11-26 04:08:02 UTC

Depth

8.9 km (5.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

20.019° N, 155.365° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.9 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

224°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

17

• Pa‘auilo, HawaiiPopulation 595. Forecast2 kmS
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast43 kmNW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast296 kmESE

After

1. 2.614 km ESE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 25, 8:46 PM HST · 20035 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
2. 2.313 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Nov 25, 10:06 PM HST · 20035 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
3. 3.015 km E of H?lualoa, HawaiiFri, Nov 26, 11:51 AM HST · 20034 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
4. 2.211 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 26, 12:58 PM HST · 20034 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
5. 3.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 26, 2:12 PM HST · 20034 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
6. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 26, 2:37 PM HST · 20034 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
7. 2.64 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 26, 5:17 PM HST · 20034 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
8. 2.15 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 26, 6:07 PM HST · 20034 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
9. 2.125 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiFri, Nov 26, 7:03 PM HST · 20034 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
10. 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 26, 11:03 PM HST · 20034 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
11. 2.119 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 27, 12:12 PM HST · 20033 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
12. 2.55 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 27, 2:52 PM HST · 20033 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
13. 2.216 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 27, 9:27 PM HST · 20033 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
14. 2.017 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 28, 3:28 AM HST · 20033 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
15. 2.217 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 28, 6:22 AM HST · 20033 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
16. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 28, 6:49 AM HST · 20033 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
17. 2.119 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 28, 8:39 AM HST · 20032 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
18. 1.85 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 28, 2:44 PM HST · 20032 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
19. 1.813 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 28, 4:13 PM HST · 20032 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
20. 1.76 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 28, 7:25 PM HST · 20032 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
21. 2.120 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 28, 8:10 PM HST · 20032 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
22. 3.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Nov 28, 10:41 PM HST · 20032 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
23. 1.812 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 29, 6:53 AM HST · 20032 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
24. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 29, 7:56 AM HST · 20031 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
25. 2.113 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 29, 7:58 AM HST · 20031 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
26. 2.016 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 29, 11:28 AM HST · 20031 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
27. 2.810 km NW of Kailua-Kona, HawaiiMon, Nov 29, 2:57 PM HST · 20031 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
28. 2.410 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 29, 3:18 PM HST · 20031 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
29. 2.316 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Nov 29, 3:43 PM HST · 20031 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
30. 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 29, 7:03 PM HST · 20031 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
31. 2.114 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 30, 4:03 AM HST · 20031 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
32. 1.815 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 30, 4:04 AM HST · 20031 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
33. 2.022 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 30, 7:31 AM HST · 20030 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
34. 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 30, 2:53 PM HST · 20030 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
35. 3.24 km N of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Nov 30, 3:45 PM HST · 20030 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
36. 1.84 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 30, 10:30 PM HST · 20030 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
37. 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 1, 12:05 PM HST · 20029 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
38. 2.016 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 1, 1:52 PM HST · 20029 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
39. 2.618 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Dec 1, 4:12 PM HST · 20029 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
40. 2.917 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 2, 12:00 AM HST · 20029 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
41. 4.014 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 2, 5:40 AM HST · 20029 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
42. 2.2Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Dec 2, 6:05 AM HST · 20029 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
43. 2.022 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 2, 6:18 AM HST · 20029 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
44. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 2, 3:04 PM HST · 20028 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
45. 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 2, 3:04 PM HST · 20028 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
46. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Dec 2, 10:01 PM HST · 20028 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
47. 2.017 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Dec 3, 7:36 AM HST · 20027 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
48. 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 3, 12:24 PM HST · 20027 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
49. 2.05 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 3, 1:05 PM HST · 20027 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
50. 2.213 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 3, 4:02 PM HST · 20027 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
51. 1.66 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 3, 6:05 PM HST · 20027 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
52. 2.713 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Dec 3, 10:04 PM HST · 20027 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
53. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Dec 3, 11:37 PM HST · 20027 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
54. 2.66 km NNE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSat, Dec 4, 4:25 AM HST · 20027 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
55. 2.211 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Dec 4, 5:46 AM HST · 20027 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
56. 1.717 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Dec 4, 7:26 AM HST · 20026 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
57. 2.314 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Dec 4, 7:49 AM HST · 20026 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
58. 1.75 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 4, 10:06 AM HST · 20026 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
59. 1.814 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 4, 11:23 AM HST · 20026 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
60. 1.66 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 4, 5:00 PM HST · 20026 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

1. 2.313 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Nov 25, 2:30 PM HST · 20035 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
2. 2.121 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 25, 9:24 AM HST · 20035 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
3. 2.017 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 25, 5:17 AM HST · 20036 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
4. 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 24, 11:01 PM HST · 20036 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
5. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 24, 11:47 AM HST · 20036 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
6. 2.120 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 24, 8:38 AM HST · 20036 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
7. 2.016 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Nov 23, 8:18 PM HST · 20037 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
8. 2.124 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Nov 23, 7:57 PM HST · 20037 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
9. 2.7Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Nov 23, 9:43 AM HST · 20037 days ago · 45 km deep · 88 km away
10. 1.9Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Nov 22, 7:37 PM HST · 20038 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
11. 2.14 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Nov 22, 2:27 PM HST · 20038 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
12. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Nov 21, 11:19 PM HST · 20039 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
13. 2.012 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 21, 10:17 PM HST · 20039 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
14. 2.012 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 21, 9:30 PM HST · 20039 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
15. 2.012 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 21, 9:11 PM HST · 20039 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
16. 2.313 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 21, 8:43 PM HST · 20039 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
17. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSun, Nov 21, 5:46 PM HST · 20039 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
18. 1.813 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 21, 5:45 PM HST · 20039 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
19. 2.014 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 21, 5:23 PM HST · 20039 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
20. 2.06 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 21, 1:09 PM HST · 20039 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19715607. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:44 AM UTC.