M2.0 earthquake 15 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 15 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Nov 29, 1971, 7:03 PM HST (05:03 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 15 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1971-11-30 05:03:27 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.319° N, 155.168° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 176°
- Stations used
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and 183 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.319 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20029 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.431 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 20029 days ago · 21 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.114 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20029 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.815 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20029 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.022 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20028 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.739 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 20028 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.839 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 20028 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.538 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 20028 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20028 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.24 km N of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20028 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.329 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20028 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.84 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20028 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.540 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 20027 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20027 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20027 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.618 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20027 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.537 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 20027 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.917 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20027 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20027 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 20027 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.022 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 20027 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20026 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20026 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20026 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.310 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 20026 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.017 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20025 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20025 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.05 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20025 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.213 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20025 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.66 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20025 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.713 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20025 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20025 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.66 km NNE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 20025 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.211 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20025 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.717 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20024 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.314 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20024 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20024 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.814 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20024 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.66 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20024 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20024 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.017 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20024 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.66 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20024 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.66 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20024 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20023 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20023 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.45 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20023 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.916 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20023 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.88 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20023 days ago · 27 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.85 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20023 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.75 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20023 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.55 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20023 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20023 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20022 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20022 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20022 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.835 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 20022 days ago · 38 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20022 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20022 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.76 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20022 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.921 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 20021 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.316 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20029 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.410 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20029 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.533 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 20029 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20029 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.535 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 20029 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.535 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 20029 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.113 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20029 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20029 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 20030 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.141 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20030 days ago · 41 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 20030 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.120 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20030 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20030 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.813 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20030 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 20030 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.119 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 20030 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20031 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.217 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20031 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.017 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 20031 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.216 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 20031 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19715664. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:38 AM UTC.