M2.9 earthquake 2 km SW of Pepeekeo, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.9 (ml), micro

Local time

Wed, May 16, 1973, 1:43 AM HST

UTC

1973-05-16 11:43:43 UTC

Depth

12.8 km (7.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.814° N, 155.123° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 4.9 km horizontally, 3.6 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

239°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

17

• Pepeekeo, HawaiiPopulation 1,789. Forecast3 kmSW
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast10 kmNNW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast330 kmESE

After

1. 2.313 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 16, 8:46 AM HST · 19493 days ago · 28 km deep · 56 km away
2. 3.011 km NE of Honomu, HawaiiWed, May 16, 10:02 AM HST · 19493 days ago · 37 km deep · 18 km away
3. 2.217 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, May 16, 9:24 PM HST · 19493 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
4. 2.521 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, May 16, 11:34 PM HST · 19493 days ago · 45 km deep · 61 km away
5. 1.910 km SW of Hilo, HawaiiThu, May 17, 5:36 AM HST · 19492 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
6. 2.117 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiThu, May 17, 12:00 PM HST · 19492 days ago · 34 km deep · 17 km away
7. 2.116 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 18, 3:33 AM HST · 19491 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
8. 3.49 km W of Honomu, HawaiiSat, May 19, 3:12 AM HST · 19490 days ago · 34 km deep · 10 km away
9. 1.910 km W of Honomu, HawaiiSat, May 19, 4:44 AM HST · 19490 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
10. 2.319 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 19, 8:05 AM HST · 19490 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
11. 2.120 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, May 19, 3:42 PM HST · 19490 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
12. 3.39 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 19, 7:18 PM HST · 19490 days ago · 27 km deep · 52 km away
13. 2.58 km WSW of Honomu, HawaiiSun, May 20, 3:45 AM HST · 19489 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
14. 2.318 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, May 20, 5:23 AM HST · 19489 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
15. 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, May 20, 3:36 PM HST · 19489 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
16. 2.021 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 20, 5:16 PM HST · 19489 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
17. 2.55 km WSW of P?hala, HawaiiSun, May 20, 8:52 PM HST · 19489 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
18. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 21, 12:36 AM HST · 19489 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
19. 2.313 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 21, 12:43 AM HST · 19489 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
20. 1.85 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 21, 1:40 AM HST · 19489 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
21. 2.518 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, May 21, 7:34 AM HST · 19488 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
22. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 22, 5:37 AM HST · 19487 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
23. 2.415 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, May 22, 2:28 PM HST · 19487 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
24. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, May 22, 6:28 PM HST · 19487 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
25. 2.318 km SE of Waimea, HawaiiTue, May 22, 9:45 PM HST · 19487 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
26. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 22, 10:31 PM HST · 19487 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
27. 1.97 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 22, 11:11 PM HST · 19487 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
28. 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 22, 11:43 PM HST · 19487 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
29. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 23, 1:10 PM HST · 19486 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
30. 2.16 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 24, 5:03 AM HST · 19485 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
31. 2.23 km S of Kurtistown, HawaiiThu, May 24, 6:51 AM HST · 19485 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
32. 2.51 km SSW of Honomu, HawaiiThu, May 24, 12:50 PM HST · 19485 days ago · 16 km deep · 6 km away
33. 2.61 km ESE of Kurtistown, HawaiiThu, May 24, 9:38 PM HST · 19485 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
34. 1.89 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 24, 11:27 PM HST · 19485 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
35. 2.214 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, May 25, 1:00 AM HST · 19485 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
36. 2.210 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 25, 5:51 AM HST · 19484 days ago · 26 km deep · 54 km away
37. 2.11 km SSE of Kurtistown, HawaiiFri, May 25, 2:13 PM HST · 19484 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
38. 1.77 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 26, 9:12 AM HST · 19483 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
39. 2.06 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 26, 6:22 PM HST · 19483 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
40. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSun, May 27, 12:50 AM HST · 19483 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
41. 2.53 km N of Honomu, HawaiiSun, May 27, 1:09 AM HST · 19483 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away
42. 2.016 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 27, 3:10 AM HST · 19482 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
43. 2.412 km E of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, May 27, 5:04 AM HST · 19482 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
44. 2.06 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 27, 5:31 PM HST · 19482 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
45. 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 27, 5:59 PM HST · 19482 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
46. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 28, 2:52 AM HST · 19482 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
47. 2.320 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiMon, May 28, 10:21 AM HST · 19481 days ago · 39 km deep · 59 km away
48. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, May 28, 12:10 PM HST · 19481 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
49. 1.66 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 28, 1:22 PM HST · 19481 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
50. 2.210 km W of Pepeekeo, HawaiiTue, May 29, 4:07 AM HST · 19480 days ago · 34 km deep · 9 km away
51. 2.72 km E of Kurtistown, HawaiiTue, May 29, 10:28 AM HST · 19480 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
52. 3.56 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 29, 3:22 PM HST · 19480 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
53. 3.224 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, May 29, 11:10 PM HST · 19480 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
54. 2.49 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, May 30, 12:52 AM HST · 19480 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
55. 2.48 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 30, 2:24 AM HST · 19480 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
56. 2.014 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 30, 4:23 AM HST · 19479 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
57. 2.319 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, May 30, 11:21 AM HST · 19479 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
58. 2.319 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, May 30, 11:22 AM HST · 19479 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
59. 2.319 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, May 30, 11:28 AM HST · 19479 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
60. 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 30, 12:32 PM HST · 19479 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

1. 1.917 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 15, 11:58 PM HST · 19494 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
2. 2.515 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiTue, May 15, 10:49 PM HST · 19494 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
3. 2.211 km SSW of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, May 15, 10:36 PM HST · 19494 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
4. 3.011 km WSW of Pepeekeo, HawaiiTue, May 15, 7:12 AM HST · 19494 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
5. 2.024 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 15, 5:40 AM HST · 19494 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
6. 3.02 km WSW of Kalaoa, HawaiiTue, May 15, 5:39 AM HST · 19494 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
7. 1.5Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, May 15, 4:49 AM HST · 19494 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
8. 2.24 km NNW of Kurtistown, HawaiiTue, May 15, 4:48 AM HST · 19494 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
9. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, May 15, 2:00 AM HST · 19495 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
10. 2.023 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 14, 10:08 PM HST · 19495 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
11. 2.17 km W of Honomu, HawaiiMon, May 14, 8:03 PM HST · 19495 days ago · 34 km deep · 9 km away
12. 2.25 km WNW of Kea‘au, HawaiiMon, May 14, 3:38 PM HST · 19495 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
13. 2.98 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 14, 11:30 AM HST · 19495 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
14. 2.23 km WNW of Kea‘au, HawaiiMon, May 14, 2:29 AM HST · 19496 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
15. 3.12 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, May 13, 10:50 PM HST · 19496 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
16. 1.89 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSun, May 13, 4:47 AM HST · 19496 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
17. 2.27 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 13, 12:38 AM HST · 19497 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
18. 2.020 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 12, 10:04 PM HST · 19497 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
19. 2.518 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 12, 8:27 PM HST · 19497 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
20. 1.7Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, May 12, 8:00 PM HST · 19497 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19731237. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:33 AM UTC.