M2.6 earthquake 21 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.6 (ml), micro

Local time

Thu, Feb 8, 1973, 12:15 PM HST

UTC

1973-02-08 22:15:11 UTC

Depth

8.1 km (5.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.429° N, 155.439° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.6 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

109°

Stations used

15

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast22 kmW
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast49 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast327 kmSE

After

1. 2.920 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Feb 8, 2:06 PM HST · 19584 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
2. 2.17 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Feb 8, 4:52 PM HST · 19584 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
3. 3.17 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Feb 9, 11:16 AM HST · 19583 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
4. 2.024 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Feb 9, 2:30 PM HST · 19583 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
5. 2.218 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Feb 9, 5:51 PM HST · 19583 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
6. 2.517 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Feb 10, 2:03 AM HST · 19582 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
7. 2.228 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSat, Feb 10, 10:52 AM HST · 19582 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
8. 1.919 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 11, 5:43 AM HST · 19581 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
9. 2.026 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Feb 11, 9:32 AM HST · 19581 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
10. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Feb 11, 2:19 PM HST · 19581 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
11. 2.024 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Feb 11, 7:07 PM HST · 19581 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
12. 2.11 km SE of Eden Roc, HawaiiMon, Feb 12, 12:14 AM HST · 19580 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
13. 2.815 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 12, 2:10 PM HST · 19580 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
14. 2.3Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Feb 12, 2:47 PM HST · 19580 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
15. 3.914 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 12, 7:46 PM HST · 19580 days ago · 31 km deep · 13 km away
16. 2.315 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 12, 7:55 PM HST · 19580 days ago · 31 km deep · 13 km away
17. 2.315 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 12, 10:49 PM HST · 19580 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
18. 2.615 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 12, 11:19 PM HST · 19580 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away
19. 3.013 km SSW of H?w?, HawaiiTue, Feb 13, 1:21 AM HST · 19579 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
20. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 13, 11:46 AM HST · 19579 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
21. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 13, 11:48 AM HST · 19579 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
22. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 13, 7:29 PM HST · 19579 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
23. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Feb 13, 11:58 PM HST · 19579 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
24. 2.213 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 14, 2:15 AM HST · 19578 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
25. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 14, 1:52 PM HST · 19578 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
26. 2.52 km WSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, Feb 14, 3:09 PM HST · 19578 days ago · 55 km deep · 52 km away
27. 2.319 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 14, 3:22 PM HST · 19578 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
28. 2.213 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 14, 6:53 PM HST · 19578 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
29. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 15, 3:03 AM HST · 19577 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
30. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Feb 15, 4:29 AM HST · 19577 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
31. 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 15, 12:39 PM HST · 19577 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
32. 2.014 km SE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 15, 12:53 PM HST · 19577 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
33. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Feb 16, 7:58 PM HST · 19576 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
34. 2.26 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Feb 16, 9:08 PM HST · 19576 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
35. 2.023 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Feb 16, 9:19 PM HST · 19576 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
36. 2.3Island of Hawaii, HawaiiFri, Feb 16, 10:51 PM HST · 19576 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
37. 3.013 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Feb 16, 11:58 PM HST · 19576 days ago · 32 km deep · 20 km away
38. 2.612 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 17, 5:00 AM HST · 19575 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
39. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 17, 8:07 AM HST · 19575 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
40. 2.98 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSat, Feb 17, 10:40 AM HST · 19575 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
41. 2.3Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Feb 17, 12:20 PM HST · 19575 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
42. 2.920 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 17, 3:42 PM HST · 19575 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
43. 2.019 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Feb 18, 12:13 PM HST · 19574 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
44. 3.114 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 19, 5:11 AM HST · 19573 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
45. 3.015 km E of H?lualoa, HawaiiMon, Feb 19, 6:26 AM HST · 19573 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
46. 2.217 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 21, 9:45 PM HST · 19571 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
47. 3.341 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, HawaiiThu, Feb 22, 10:16 PM HST · 19570 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
48. 2.717 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Feb 23, 2:32 AM HST · 19569 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
49. 2.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Feb 23, 3:01 AM HST · 19569 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
50. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Feb 23, 7:30 AM HST · 19569 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
51. 3.810 km ESE of Waikoloa, HawaiiFri, Feb 23, 7:47 AM HST · 19569 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
52. 2.63 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiFri, Feb 23, 11:36 AM HST · 19569 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
53. 2.427 km SSE of Waimea, HawaiiFri, Feb 23, 6:44 PM HST · 19569 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
54. 2.58 km ENE of Kealakekua, HawaiiSat, Feb 24, 5:32 AM HST · 19568 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
55. 2.31 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 24, 8:15 AM HST · 19568 days ago · 31 km deep · 20 km away
56. 2.118 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Feb 24, 12:45 PM HST · 19568 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
57. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, HISat, Feb 24, 6:03 PM HST · 19568 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
58. 3.48 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSun, Feb 25, 1:44 PM HST · 19567 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
59. 2.014 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 25, 4:40 PM HST · 19567 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
60. 2.5Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Feb 26, 12:42 AM HST · 19566 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away

The first 60 of 181.

Before

1. 2.18 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Feb 8, 3:55 AM HST · 19584 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
2. 2.426 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 8, 3:07 AM HST · 19584 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
3. 3.019 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Feb 7, 8:01 PM HST · 19585 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
4. 2.610 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 7, 12:28 AM HST · 19585 days ago · 34 km deep · 18 km away
5. 3.09 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 6, 11:57 PM HST · 19586 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
6. 2.217 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 5, 9:20 PM HST · 19587 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
7. 2.821 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 5, 3:36 AM HST · 19587 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
8. 2.720 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 4, 9:06 PM HST · 19588 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
9. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 4, 7:41 PM HST · 19588 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
10. 1.915 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 4, 6:00 PM HST · 19588 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
11. 2.416 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Feb 4, 5:58 PM HST · 19588 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
12. 2.311 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Feb 3, 8:41 PM HST · 19589 days ago · -1 km deep · 39 km away
13. 2.022 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 3, 7:36 PM HST · 19589 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
14. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Feb 3, 2:55 PM HST · 19589 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
15. 2.810 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, Feb 2, 6:23 PM HST · 19590 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
16. 1.916 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Feb 2, 5:35 PM HST · 19590 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
17. 2.47 km SSW of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Feb 2, 2:59 PM HST · 19590 days ago · 40 km deep · 30 km away
18. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 1, 4:31 AM HST · 19591 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19730232. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:34 PM UTC.