M2.8 earthquake 8 km SW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.8 (ml), micro

Local time

Fri, Apr 27, 1973, 10:47 AM HST

UTC

1973-04-27 20:47:55 UTC

Depth

10.1 km (6.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.981° N, 155.414° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.5 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.23

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

197°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

17

• Pa‘auilo, HawaiiPopulation 595. Forecast8 kmSW
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast44 kmNW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast294 kmESE

After

1. 2.217 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 27, 11:10 AM HST · 19510 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
2. 2.022 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 27, 11:39 AM HST · 19510 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
3. 2.52 km NW of Honomu, HawaiiFri, Apr 27, 2:14 PM HST · 19510 days ago · 37 km deep · 31 km away
4. 2.68 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiFri, Apr 27, 2:26 PM HST · 19510 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
5. 2.39 km W of Honomu, HawaiiFri, Apr 27, 2:43 PM HST · 19510 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
6. 2.57 km S of Honoka‘a, HawaiiFri, Apr 27, 4:38 PM HST · 19510 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
7. 1.55 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 27, 5:01 PM HST · 19510 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
8. 2.311 km WSW of Honomu, HawaiiFri, Apr 27, 5:33 PM HST · 19510 days ago · 31 km deep · 26 km away
9. 1.818 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiFri, Apr 27, 6:12 PM HST · 19510 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
10. 2.21 km NW of Honomu, HawaiiFri, Apr 27, 6:30 PM HST · 19510 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
11. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 27, 8:06 PM HST · 19510 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
12. 2.210 km WSW of Honomu, HawaiiFri, Apr 27, 8:51 PM HST · 19509 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away
13. 2.26 km NNW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 28, 1:36 AM HST · 19509 days ago · 24 km deep · 56 km away
14. 2.120 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Apr 28, 1:47 AM HST · 19509 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
15. 2.13 km W of Honomu, HawaiiSat, Apr 28, 1:52 AM HST · 19509 days ago · 31 km deep · 31 km away
16. 1.910 km W of Honomu, HawaiiSat, Apr 28, 2:53 AM HST · 19509 days ago · 31 km deep · 24 km away
17. 1.817 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiSat, Apr 28, 4:49 AM HST · 19509 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
18. 2.32 km NNW of Honomu, HawaiiSat, Apr 28, 5:16 AM HST · 19509 days ago · 39 km deep · 31 km away
19. 2.212 km W of Honomu, HawaiiSat, Apr 28, 6:20 AM HST · 19509 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
20. 2.36 km WSW of Honomu, HawaiiSat, Apr 28, 7:42 AM HST · 19509 days ago · 31 km deep · 28 km away
21. 2.05 km NW of Honomu, HawaiiSat, Apr 28, 11:31 AM HST · 19509 days ago · 40 km deep · 29 km away
22. 3.32 km W of Honomu, HawaiiSat, Apr 28, 12:07 PM HST · 19509 days ago · 38 km deep · 31 km away
23. 2.412 km W of Honomu, HawaiiSat, Apr 28, 1:00 PM HST · 19509 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away
24. 3.04 km NNE of Honomu, HawaiiSat, Apr 28, 1:13 PM HST · 19509 days ago · 34 km deep · 34 km away
25. 2.020 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 28, 2:04 PM HST · 19509 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
26. 2.25 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSat, Apr 28, 2:43 PM HST · 19509 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
27. 2.523 km E of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Apr 28, 2:44 PM HST · 19509 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
28. 2.65 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSat, Apr 28, 2:49 PM HST · 19509 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
29. 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 28, 5:38 PM HST · 19509 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
30. 2.49 km WSW of Honomu, HawaiiSat, Apr 28, 9:02 PM HST · 19508 days ago · 34 km deep · 28 km away
31. 2.96 km W of Honomu, HISat, Apr 28, 10:52 PM HST · 19508 days ago · 32 km deep · 28 km away
32. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 1:08 AM HST · 19508 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
33. 2.01 km WNW of Honomu, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 1:57 AM HST · 19508 days ago · 36 km deep · 31 km away
34. 2.4Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 3:40 AM HST · 19508 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
35. 2.15 km NW of Honomu, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 3:58 AM HST · 19508 days ago · 38 km deep · 28 km away
36. 2.412 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 4:00 AM HST · 19508 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
37. 2.05 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 6:08 AM HST · 19508 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
38. 2.05 km SW of Pepeekeo, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 8:29 AM HST · 19508 days ago · 37 km deep · 34 km away
39. 2.25 km N of Honomu, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 9:00 AM HST · 19508 days ago · 42 km deep · 31 km away
40. 2.08 km E of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 9:15 AM HST · 19508 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
41. 2.22 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 9:16 AM HST · 19508 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
42. 1.917 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 9:20 AM HST · 19508 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
43. 1.95 km SW of Honomu, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 1:01 PM HST · 19508 days ago · 31 km deep · 31 km away
44. 2.210 km SW of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 4:56 PM HST · 19508 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
45. 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 7:35 PM HST · 19508 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
46. 2.48 km S of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 9:41 PM HST · 19507 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
47. 2.210 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 10:10 PM HST · 19507 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
48. 1.55 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 29, 10:58 PM HST · 19507 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
49. 2.510 km W of Honomu, HawaiiMon, Apr 30, 2:55 AM HST · 19507 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
50. 2.26 km WSW of Honomu, HawaiiMon, Apr 30, 3:15 AM HST · 19507 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
51. 2.34 km WNW of Pepeekeo, HawaiiMon, Apr 30, 5:14 AM HST · 19507 days ago · 29 km deep · 32 km away
52. 2.019 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 30, 6:31 AM HST · 19507 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
53. 3.019 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 30, 6:36 AM HST · 19507 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
54. 1.95 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 30, 1:07 PM HST · 19507 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
55. 2.96 km ESE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Apr 30, 7:26 PM HST · 19507 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
56. 1.76 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 30, 11:00 PM HST · 19506 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
57. 2.39 km W of Honomu, HawaiiTue, May 1, 12:57 AM HST · 19506 days ago · 31 km deep · 24 km away
58. 2.619 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, May 1, 1:38 AM HST · 19506 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
59. 2.07 km WSW of Pepeekeo, HawaiiTue, May 1, 6:14 AM HST · 19506 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
60. 2.618 km ENE of P?pa‘ikou, HawaiiTue, May 1, 8:47 AM HST · 19506 days ago · 40 km deep · 54 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

1. 2.92 km W of Honomu, HawaiiFri, Apr 27, 10:34 AM HST · 19510 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
2. 2.55 km W of Honomu, HawaiiFri, Apr 27, 6:59 AM HST · 19510 days ago · 39 km deep · 28 km away
3. 2.51 km NNE of Honomu, HawaiiFri, Apr 27, 5:42 AM HST · 19510 days ago · 38 km deep · 33 km away
4. 2.69 km W of Paukaa, HawaiiFri, Apr 27, 4:57 AM HST · 19510 days ago · 31 km deep · 34 km away
5. 4.012 km SSE of Waimea, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 11:33 PM HST · 19510 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
6. 2.616 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 11:27 PM HST · 19510 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
7. 2.54 km WSW of Honomu, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 11:25 PM HST · 19510 days ago · 42 km deep · 30 km away
8. 2.71 km WNW of Honomu, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 10:07 PM HST · 19510 days ago · 38 km deep · 31 km away
9. 2.72 km WSW of Honomu, HIThu, Apr 26, 10:00 PM HST · 19510 days ago · 37 km deep · 31 km away
10. 2.116 km W of Wainaku, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 8:09 PM HST · 19511 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
11. 2.12 km ESE of P?pa‘ikou, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 7:34 PM HST · 19511 days ago · 29 km deep · 42 km away
12. 3.09 km W of Honomu, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 7:09 PM HST · 19511 days ago · 36 km deep · 24 km away
13. 2.65 km WNW of Honomu, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 7:07 PM HST · 19511 days ago · 42 km deep · 28 km away
14. 2.010 km W of Honomu, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 6:26 PM HST · 19511 days ago · 35 km deep · 25 km away
15. 3.05 km NE of Honomu, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 5:49 PM HST · 19511 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away
16. 2.22 km WSW of Honomu, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 5:29 PM HST · 19511 days ago · 37 km deep · 31 km away
17. 3.63 km W of Honomu, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 5:26 PM HST · 19511 days ago · 38 km deep · 29 km away
18. 2.73 km E of Waimea, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 2:43 PM HST · 19511 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
19. 2.520 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 2:40 PM HST · 19511 days ago · 47 km deep · 84 km away
20. 2.89 km ENE of Honomu, HawaiiThu, Apr 26, 2:39 PM HST · 19511 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19730708. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 6:09 PM UTC.