M2.0 earthquake 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Jun 20, 1973, 7:20 PM HST (05:20 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 17 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
- 1973-06-21 05:20:09 UTC
- Depth
- 8.5 km (5.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.335° N, 155.180° 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, 1.5 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 84°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and at least 199 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.318 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19459 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19459 days ago · 32 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19459 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.212 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19459 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.217 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19459 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19458 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.918 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19458 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.219 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19458 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19458 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.917 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19458 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.918 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19458 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.18 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19457 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.419 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19457 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19456 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.919 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19456 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.210 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 19456 days ago · 38 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19455 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.023 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19455 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19455 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19454 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.88 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19454 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.916 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19454 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19453 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.89 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19453 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.023 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19453 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.813 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19452 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.621 km W of Wainaku, Hawaii · 19452 days ago · 28 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.020 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19452 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.213 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19451 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.513 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 19451 days ago · 31 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19451 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.321 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19451 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19451 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19451 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19451 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.318 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19451 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19450 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.310 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19450 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.47 km W of Pepeekeo, Hawaii · 19450 days ago · 27 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19450 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.62 km WNW of P?pa‘ikou, Hawaii · 19450 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19450 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.915 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19450 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.618 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19450 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.918 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19450 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.013 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19449 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.021 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19449 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19449 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19449 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19449 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19449 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.69 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19449 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.220 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 19448 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.519 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 19448 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.528 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 19448 days ago · 47 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.611 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19448 days ago · 32 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19448 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.89 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19447 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.37 km WSW of Pepeekeo, Hawaii · 19447 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.616 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19447 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 3.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19459 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.019 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19459 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19459 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.28 km SSW of Hilo, Hawaii · 19460 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.316 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19461 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19461 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.320 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19461 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.89 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19461 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.927 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19462 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19462 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19462 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.919 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19462 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.018 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19462 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.312 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 19462 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.020 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19462 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.117 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19463 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19463 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.018 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19463 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.018 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19463 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19463 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19731649. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:54 PM UTC.