Hawaii earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Oct 19, 1971, 12:00 PM HST (22:00 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 Island of Hawaii, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1971-10-19 22:00:10 UTC
Depth
6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.299° N, 155.220° 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, 1.6 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
183°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
17

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. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20027 days ago · 45 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 2.124 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20027 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 2.016 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20027 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 2.120 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20026 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20026 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20026 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 2.017 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20025 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 2.121 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20025 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 2.313 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20025 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 2.92 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 20025 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.614 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20025 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 2.313 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20025 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 3.015 km E of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 20024 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 2.211 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20024 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 3.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20024 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20024 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 2.64 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20024 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 2.15 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20024 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 2.125 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 20024 days ago · 20 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20024 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  21. 2.119 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20023 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  22. 2.55 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20023 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
  23. 2.216 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20023 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  24. 2.017 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20022 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  25. 2.217 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20022 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  26. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20022 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  27. 2.119 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20022 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  28. 1.85 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20022 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  29. 1.813 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20022 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  30. 1.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20022 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  31. 2.120 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20022 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  32. 3.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20022 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
  33. 2.141 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20021 days ago · 41 km deep · 31 km away
  34. 1.812 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20021 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  35. 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20021 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  36. 2.113 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20021 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  37. 2.535 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 20021 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  38. 2.535 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 20021 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
  39. 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20021 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  40. 2.533 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 20021 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  41. 2.410 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20021 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
  42. 2.316 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20021 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  43. 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20021 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  44. 2.319 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20021 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
  45. 2.431 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 20021 days ago · 21 km deep · 40 km away
  46. 2.114 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20020 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  47. 1.815 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20020 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  48. 2.022 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20020 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
  49. 2.739 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 20020 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
  50. 2.839 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 20020 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
  51. 2.538 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 20020 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
  52. 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20020 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  53. 3.24 km N of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20020 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  54. 2.329 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20020 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  55. 1.84 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20020 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  56. 2.540 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 20019 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
  57. 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20019 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  58. 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20019 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  59. 2.618 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20019 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  60. 2.537 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 20019 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19715183. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:31 PM UTC.