M2.3 earthquake 12 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.3 (ml), micro

Local time

Tue, Oct 9, 1973, 3:17 AM HST

UTC

1973-10-09 13:17:59 UTC

Depth

29.6 km (18.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.336° N, 155.271° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.0 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

80°

Stations used

24

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast13 kmSSW
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast42 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast348 kmSE

After

1. 2.813 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 9, 3:27 AM HST · 19347 days ago · 30 km deep · 1 km away
2. 2.314 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 9, 4:35 AM HST · 19347 days ago · 32 km deep · 3 km away
3. 2.810 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 9, 4:59 AM HST · 19347 days ago · 32 km deep · 3 km away
4. 2.312 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 9, 11:17 AM HST · 19347 days ago · 30 km deep · 1 km away
5. 2.312 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 9, 6:12 PM HST · 19347 days ago · 31 km deep · 0 km away
6. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 10, 4:25 AM HST · 19346 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
7. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Oct 10, 2:20 PM HST · 19346 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
8. 2.021 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 10, 7:04 PM HST · 19346 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
9. 2.414 km E of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Oct 10, 7:28 PM HST · 19346 days ago · 42 km deep · 17 km away
10. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Oct 10, 10:14 PM HST · 19345 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
11. 2.612 km SE of Waikoloa, HawaiiThu, Oct 11, 2:01 AM HST · 19345 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
12. 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Oct 11, 2:29 AM HST · 19345 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
13. 2.013 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Oct 11, 5:03 AM HST · 19345 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
14. 2.312 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 11, 11:10 AM HST · 19345 days ago · 29 km deep · 1 km away
15. 2.325 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 11, 7:55 PM HST · 19345 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
16. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 11, 8:40 PM HST · 19344 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
17. 2.323 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 11, 10:24 PM HST · 19344 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
18. 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 11, 10:30 PM HST · 19344 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
19. 2.313 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 11, 11:12 PM HST · 19344 days ago · 31 km deep · 1 km away
20. 2.719 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 12, 10:45 AM HST · 19344 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
21. 2.321 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Oct 12, 10:05 PM HST · 19343 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
22. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Oct 13, 4:56 AM HST · 19343 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
23. 2.312 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 13, 5:10 AM HST · 19343 days ago · 30 km deep · 2 km away
24. 2.36 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 13, 5:11 AM HST · 19343 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
25. 2.311 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 13, 1:02 PM HST · 19343 days ago · 31 km deep · 2 km away
26. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 13, 5:19 PM HST · 19343 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
27. 2.920 km S of Waikoloa, HawaiiSun, Oct 14, 11:42 AM HST · 19342 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
28. 2.612 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 14, 5:18 PM HST · 19342 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
29. 2.521 km SSE of Waimea, HawaiiSun, Oct 14, 6:57 PM HST · 19342 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
30. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 12:32 AM HST · 19341 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
31. 1.85 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 1:15 AM HST · 19341 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
32. 2.37 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 3:39 AM HST · 19341 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
33. 2.110 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 6:25 AM HST · 19341 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
34. 2.16 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 8:25 AM HST · 19341 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
35. 2.024 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 8:26 AM HST · 19341 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
36. 2.25 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 12:24 PM HST · 19341 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
37. 1.56 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 2:54 PM HST · 19341 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
38. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 3:10 PM HST · 19341 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
39. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 3:29 PM HST · 19341 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
40. 1.85 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 5:26 PM HST · 19341 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
41. 1.94 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 6:15 PM HST · 19341 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
42. 1.95 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 16, 12:15 AM HST · 19340 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
43. 1.86 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 16, 1:06 AM HST · 19340 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
44. 2.02 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 16, 2:17 AM HST · 19340 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
45. 3.11 km WNW of Honomu, HawaiiTue, Oct 16, 6:40 AM HST · 19340 days ago · 39 km deep · 62 km away
46. 2.33 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 16, 10:13 AM HST · 19340 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
47. 2.78 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Oct 16, 10:57 PM HST · 19339 days ago · 43 km deep · 23 km away
48. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Oct 17, 12:12 AM HST · 19339 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
49. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 17, 5:59 AM HST · 19339 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
50. 2.87 km WSW of Honomu, HawaiiWed, Oct 17, 6:53 AM HST · 19339 days ago · 37 km deep · 57 km away
51. 1.95 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 17, 10:53 AM HST · 19339 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
52. 1.95 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 17, 3:01 PM HST · 19339 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
53. 2.518 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 17, 5:22 PM HST · 19339 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
54. 3.59 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 18, 2:31 AM HST · 19338 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
55. 1.96 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 18, 10:05 AM HST · 19338 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
56. 2.38 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 18, 1:37 PM HST · 19338 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
57. 2.15 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 18, 2:19 PM HST · 19338 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
58. 2.06 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 18, 4:48 PM HST · 19338 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
59. 1.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Oct 18, 9:55 PM HST · 19337 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
60. 2.420 km S of Honoka‘a, HawaiiFri, Oct 19, 3:45 AM HST · 19337 days ago · 27 km deep · 67 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

1. 2.711 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 9, 2:50 AM HST · 19347 days ago · 31 km deep · 1 km away
2. 2.313 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 9, 2:27 AM HST · 19347 days ago · 30 km deep · 2 km away
3. 2.617 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 9, 2:23 AM HST · 19347 days ago · 32 km deep · 6 km away
4. 2.313 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 9, 2:20 AM HST · 19347 days ago · 31 km deep · 1 km away
5. 2.713 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 9, 2:19 AM HST · 19347 days ago · 31 km deep · 1 km away
6. 2.613 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 9, 2:16 AM HST · 19347 days ago · 31 km deep · 1 km away
7. 4.313 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 9, 2:01 AM HST · 19347 days ago · 32 km deep · 1 km away
8. 2.610 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 9, 1:59 AM HST · 19347 days ago · 30 km deep · 2 km away
9. 4.812 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 9, 1:53 AM HST · 19347 days ago · 31 km deep · 1 km away
10. 3.514 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Oct 8, 6:17 PM HST · 19348 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
11. 2.514 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Oct 8, 4:21 PM HST · 19348 days ago · 53 km deep · 18 km away
12. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 6, 5:15 AM HST · 19350 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
13. 2.013 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Oct 4, 9:06 PM HST · 19351 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
14. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Oct 4, 8:56 PM HST · 19351 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
15. 2.013 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Oct 4, 8:37 PM HST · 19351 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
16. 3.034 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 4, 5:53 PM HST · 19352 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
17. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Oct 4, 6:08 AM HST · 19352 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
18. 2.016 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 4, 2:24 AM HST · 19352 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
19. 2.316 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 3, 4:14 PM HST · 19353 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
20. 2.016 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 3, 4:14 PM HST · 19353 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19732421. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:57 PM UTC.