M2.0 earthquake 17 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Thu, Nov 25, 1971, 5:17 AM HST

UTC

1971-11-25 15:17:46 UTC

Depth

11.0 km (6.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.433° N, 155.400° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.1 km horizontally, 2.7 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

178°

Stations used

13

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast17 kmW
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast46 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast330 kmSE

After

1. 2.121 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 25, 9:24 AM HST · 20037 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
2. 2.313 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Nov 25, 2:30 PM HST · 20037 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
3. 2.92 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiThu, Nov 25, 6:08 PM HST · 20036 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
4. 2.614 km ESE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 25, 8:46 PM HST · 20036 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
5. 2.313 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Nov 25, 10:06 PM HST · 20036 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
6. 3.015 km E of H?lualoa, HawaiiFri, Nov 26, 11:51 AM HST · 20036 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
7. 2.211 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 26, 12:58 PM HST · 20036 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
8. 3.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 26, 2:12 PM HST · 20036 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
9. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 26, 2:37 PM HST · 20036 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
10. 2.64 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 26, 5:17 PM HST · 20035 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
11. 2.15 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 26, 6:07 PM HST · 20035 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
12. 2.125 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiFri, Nov 26, 7:03 PM HST · 20035 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
13. 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 26, 11:03 PM HST · 20035 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
14. 2.119 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 27, 12:12 PM HST · 20035 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
15. 2.55 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 27, 2:52 PM HST · 20035 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
16. 2.216 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 27, 9:27 PM HST · 20034 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
17. 2.017 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 28, 3:28 AM HST · 20034 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
18. 2.217 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 28, 6:22 AM HST · 20034 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
19. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 28, 6:49 AM HST · 20034 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
20. 2.119 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 28, 8:39 AM HST · 20034 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
21. 1.85 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 28, 2:44 PM HST · 20034 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
22. 1.813 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 28, 4:13 PM HST · 20034 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
23. 1.76 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 28, 7:25 PM HST · 20033 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
24. 2.120 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 28, 8:10 PM HST · 20033 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
25. 3.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Nov 28, 10:41 PM HST · 20033 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away
26. 2.141 km ESE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Nov 29, 1:35 AM HST · 20033 days ago · 41 km deep · 52 km away
27. 1.812 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 29, 6:53 AM HST · 20033 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
28. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 29, 7:56 AM HST · 20033 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
29. 2.113 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 29, 7:58 AM HST · 20033 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
30. 2.535 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Nov 29, 10:56 AM HST · 20033 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
31. 2.535 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Nov 29, 11:06 AM HST · 20033 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
32. 2.016 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 29, 11:28 AM HST · 20033 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
33. 2.533 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Nov 29, 12:22 PM HST · 20033 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
34. 2.810 km NW of Kailua-Kona, HawaiiMon, Nov 29, 2:57 PM HST · 20033 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
35. 2.410 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 29, 3:18 PM HST · 20033 days ago · 35 km deep · 16 km away
36. 2.316 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Nov 29, 3:43 PM HST · 20033 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
37. 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 29, 7:03 PM HST · 20032 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
38. 2.319 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Nov 29, 10:33 PM HST · 20032 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
39. 2.431 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Nov 29, 11:21 PM HST · 20032 days ago · 21 km deep · 54 km away
40. 2.114 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 30, 4:03 AM HST · 20032 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
41. 1.815 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 30, 4:04 AM HST · 20032 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
42. 2.022 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 30, 7:31 AM HST · 20032 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
43. 2.739 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiTue, Nov 30, 9:32 AM HST · 20032 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
44. 2.839 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiTue, Nov 30, 9:40 AM HST · 20032 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
45. 2.538 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiTue, Nov 30, 1:12 PM HST · 20032 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
46. 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 30, 2:53 PM HST · 20032 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
47. 3.24 km N of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Nov 30, 3:45 PM HST · 20032 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
48. 2.329 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Nov 30, 8:11 PM HST · 20031 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
49. 1.84 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 30, 10:30 PM HST · 20031 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
50. 2.540 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Dec 1, 12:02 PM HST · 20031 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
51. 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 1, 12:05 PM HST · 20031 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
52. 2.016 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 1, 1:52 PM HST · 20031 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
53. 2.618 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Dec 1, 4:12 PM HST · 20031 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
54. 2.537 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Dec 1, 4:47 PM HST · 20030 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
55. 2.917 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 2, 12:00 AM HST · 20030 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
56. 4.014 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 2, 5:40 AM HST · 20030 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
57. 2.2Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Dec 2, 6:05 AM HST · 20030 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
58. 2.022 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 2, 6:18 AM HST · 20030 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
59. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 2, 3:04 PM HST · 20030 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
60. 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 2, 3:04 PM HST · 20030 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

1. 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 24, 11:01 PM HST · 20037 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
2. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 24, 11:47 AM HST · 20038 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
3. 2.120 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 24, 8:38 AM HST · 20038 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
4. 2.016 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Nov 23, 8:18 PM HST · 20038 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
5. 2.124 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Nov 23, 7:57 PM HST · 20038 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
6. 2.7Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Nov 23, 9:43 AM HST · 20039 days ago · 45 km deep · 36 km away
7. 1.9Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Nov 22, 7:37 PM HST · 20039 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
8. 2.14 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Nov 22, 2:27 PM HST · 20040 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
9. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Nov 21, 11:19 PM HST · 20040 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
10. 2.012 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 21, 10:17 PM HST · 20040 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
11. 2.012 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 21, 9:30 PM HST · 20040 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
12. 2.012 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 21, 9:11 PM HST · 20040 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
13. 2.313 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 21, 8:43 PM HST · 20040 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
14. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSun, Nov 21, 5:46 PM HST · 20040 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
15. 1.813 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 21, 5:45 PM HST · 20040 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
16. 2.014 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 21, 5:23 PM HST · 20040 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
17. 2.06 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 21, 1:09 PM HST · 20041 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
18. 2.017 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 20, 5:07 PM HST · 20041 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
19. 2.316 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSat, Nov 20, 2:45 PM HST · 20042 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
20. 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 20, 1:08 PM HST · 20042 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19715599. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:50 PM UTC.