M2.0 earthquake 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Jan 25, 1973, 11:55 PM HST (09:55 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 10 km S of Volcano, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-01-26 09:55:22 UTC
- Depth
- 6.5 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.332° N, 155.190° 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, 1.1 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 214°, 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: 165 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.210 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19598 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.113 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19597 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.35 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19597 days ago · 31 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19596 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.722 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19596 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.34 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19595 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19595 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.441 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19595 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19595 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.86 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19595 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.913 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 19595 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.89 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 19595 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.018 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19595 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.319 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 19594 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.917 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19594 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19593 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.013 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19593 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.019 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19592 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19592 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19592 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19592 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19592 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19592 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.63 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 19592 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.52 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19592 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19592 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.47 km SSW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19590 days ago · 40 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.916 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19590 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.810 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19590 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19589 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.022 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19589 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.311 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19589 days ago · -1 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.416 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19588 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.915 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19588 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19588 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.720 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19588 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.821 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19588 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.217 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19587 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.09 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19586 days ago · 32 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.610 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19586 days ago · 34 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.019 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19585 days ago · 33 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.426 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19585 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.18 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19585 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.621 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19584 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.920 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19584 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.17 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19584 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.17 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19583 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.024 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19583 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.218 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19583 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.517 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19583 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.228 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19582 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.919 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19582 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.026 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19581 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19581 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.024 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19581 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.11 km SE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 19581 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.815 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19580 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19580 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.914 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19580 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.315 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19580 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
The first 60 of 165.
Before
- 2.312 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19598 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.23 km WNW of Kurtistown, Hawaii · 19598 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.411 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 19598 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.422 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 19599 days ago · 18 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.024 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19599 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19600 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19601 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.720 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 19601 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.426 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 19601 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.312 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 19601 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.712 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19601 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.412 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 19601 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.115 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 19601 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.316 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19601 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.76 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19602 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19603 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.022 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19603 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19604 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.418 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19604 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19604 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19730164. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:22 AM UTC.