Hawaii earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 11 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 11 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Sep 25, 1971, 7:22 AM HST (17:22 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 12 km NNW of Waimea, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1971-09-25 17:22:30 UTC
Depth
1.6 km (1.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.379° N, 155.326° W
Region
Hawaii
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.8 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
131°
Stations used
11

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.216 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20060 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20060 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 2.418 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 20060 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20060 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 1.92 km E of Volcano, Hawaii · 20060 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20060 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 2.215 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20060 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  8. 2.020 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20060 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 2.018 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20060 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20060 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 2.421 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20060 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 2.812 km NNW of Waimea, Hawaii · 20059 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 1.814 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20059 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20059 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20059 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 1.815 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20058 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 1.920 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20058 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 2.021 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20058 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 2.012 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20057 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 2.312 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20057 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  21. 1.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20057 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  22. 2.98 km W of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 20057 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 2.319 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 20057 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20057 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  25. 2.313 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20057 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  26. 2.015 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20057 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  27. 2.316 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 20057 days ago · 32 km deep · 20 km away
  28. 2.544 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20056 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
  29. 2.13 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20056 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
  30. 2.315 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20056 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  31. 2.317 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20056 days ago · 34 km deep · 11 km away
  32. 2.815 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20056 days ago · -1 km deep · 19 km away
  33. 2.613 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20056 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  34. 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20056 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  35. 2.219 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20056 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 1.916 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20055 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  37. 2.121 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20055 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  38. 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20055 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  39. 2.219 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20054 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  40. 1.66 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20054 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  41. 1.86 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20054 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  42. 2.014 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20054 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  43. 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20054 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  44. 2.218 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20053 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
  45. 1.76 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20053 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  46. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20053 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  47. 2.016 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20053 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  48. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20053 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  49. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20053 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  50. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20052 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  51. 2.918 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20051 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  52. 2.729 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20051 days ago · 34 km deep · 43 km away
  53. 1.814 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20051 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  54. 2.23 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 20051 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  55. 2.215 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20051 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  56. 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20050 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  57. 2.15 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20050 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
  58. 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20050 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  59. 1.914 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20050 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  60. 2.518 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20049 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19714699. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:20 AM UTC.