M1.9 earthquake 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Jan 31, 1973, 10:07 PM HST (08:07 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.0 15 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
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-02-01 08:07:10 UTC
- Depth
- 7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.315° N, 155.231° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 193°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 166 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19592 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19592 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.63 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 19591 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.52 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19591 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19591 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.47 km SSW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19590 days ago · 40 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.916 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19590 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.810 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19590 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19589 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.022 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19589 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.311 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19589 days ago · -1 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.416 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19588 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.915 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19588 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19588 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.720 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19588 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.821 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19587 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.217 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19587 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.09 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19586 days ago · 32 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.610 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19585 days ago · 34 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.019 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19585 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.426 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19584 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.18 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19584 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.621 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19584 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.920 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19584 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.17 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19584 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.17 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19583 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.024 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19583 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.218 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19583 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.517 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19582 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.228 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19582 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.919 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19581 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.026 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19581 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19581 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.024 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19581 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.11 km SE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 19580 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.815 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19580 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19580 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.914 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19580 days ago · 31 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.315 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19580 days ago · 31 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.315 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19580 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.615 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19580 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19579 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19579 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19579 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19579 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.213 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19578 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19578 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.52 km WSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 19578 days ago · 55 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.319 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19578 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.213 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19578 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19577 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19577 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19577 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.014 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19577 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19576 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.26 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19576 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.023 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19576 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19576 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.013 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19576 days ago · 32 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19575 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
The first 60 of 166.
Before
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19592 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19592 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.019 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19592 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.013 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19592 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19593 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.917 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19594 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.319 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 19594 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.018 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19594 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.89 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 19595 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.913 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 19595 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.86 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19595 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19595 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.441 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19595 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19595 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.34 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19595 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.722 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19596 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19596 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.35 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19596 days ago · 31 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.113 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19597 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.210 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19597 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19730192. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:31 PM UTC.