M2.4 earthquake 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Sun, Oct 28, 1973, 1:13 AM HST

UTC

1973-10-28 11:13:56 UTC

Depth

0.5 km (0.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.396° N, 155.277° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.05

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

67°

Stations used

9

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast7 kmSW
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast39 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast343 kmSE

After

1. 1.86 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 28, 9:06 PM HST · 19331 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
2. 2.19 km SW of P?hoa, HawaiiMon, Oct 29, 3:31 AM HST · 19330 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
3. 2.015 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Oct 29, 6:44 AM HST · 19330 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
4. 1.55 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 29, 12:10 PM HST · 19330 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
5. 2.25 km WSW of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Oct 29, 2:44 PM HST · 19330 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
6. 1.55 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 29, 7:11 PM HST · 19330 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
7. 2.218 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 30, 6:44 AM HST · 19329 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
8. 1.9Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Oct 30, 6:58 PM HST · 19329 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
9. 2.021 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 30, 7:36 PM HST · 19329 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
10. 2.214 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, Oct 30, 11:05 PM HST · 19328 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
11. 2.011 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Oct 31, 4:35 AM HST · 19328 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
12. 2.018 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 31, 6:40 AM HST · 19328 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
13. 2.06 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 31, 4:53 PM HST · 19328 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
14. 2.06 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 31, 5:35 PM HST · 19328 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
15. 2.29 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 31, 6:15 PM HST · 19328 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
16. 2.26 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 31, 8:33 PM HST · 19328 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
17. 2.16 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 31, 9:10 PM HST · 19328 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
18. 1.76 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 31, 10:03 PM HST · 19328 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
19. 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 31, 11:26 PM HST · 19327 days ago · 18 km deep · 2 km away
20. 2.313 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 12:05 AM HST · 19327 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
21. 2.021 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 1:44 AM HST · 19327 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
22. 1.85 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 3:22 AM HST · 19327 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
23. 1.75 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 4:33 AM HST · 19327 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
24. 1.85 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 5:16 AM HST · 19327 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
25. 1.95 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 5:40 AM HST · 19327 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
26. 1.84 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 6:14 AM HST · 19327 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
27. 1.76 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 7:54 AM HST · 19327 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
28. 2.35 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 10:48 AM HST · 19327 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
29. 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 12:03 PM HST · 19327 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
30. 2.719 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 2:51 PM HST · 19327 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
31. 2.120 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 5:15 PM HST · 19327 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
32. 1.55 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 7:19 PM HST · 19327 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
33. 1.67 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 1, 9:16 PM HST · 19327 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
34. 2.320 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 2, 3:17 AM HST · 19326 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
35. 2.15 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 2, 4:29 AM HST · 19326 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
36. 2.15 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 2, 5:08 AM HST · 19326 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
37. 2.210 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 2, 6:13 AM HST · 19326 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
38. 1.916 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 2, 7:18 PM HST · 19326 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
39. 2.643 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Nov 3, 2:44 AM HST · 19325 days ago · 47 km deep · 53 km away
40. 1.917 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 3, 4:41 AM HST · 19325 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
41. 4.221 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Nov 3, 11:12 AM HST · 19325 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
42. 2.614 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Nov 3, 12:49 PM HST · 19325 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
43. 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Nov 3, 2:01 PM HST · 19325 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
44. 2.26 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 4, 7:22 AM HST · 19324 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
45. 2.38 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 4, 11:36 PM HST · 19323 days ago · 31 km deep · 3 km away
46. 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 5, 1:52 AM HST · 19323 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
47. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 5, 2:03 AM HST · 19323 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
48. 2.519 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 5, 2:48 AM HST · 19323 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
49. 2.323 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 5, 4:41 AM HST · 19323 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
50. 3.024 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 5, 2:59 PM HST · 19323 days ago · -2 km deep · 22 km away
51. 2.712 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Nov 5, 10:05 PM HST · 19323 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
52. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Nov 6, 1:04 AM HST · 19322 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
53. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Nov 6, 1:19 AM HST · 19322 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
54. 2.114 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 6, 8:07 AM HST · 19322 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
55. 1.9Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Nov 6, 8:22 PM HST · 19322 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
56. 2.913 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 7, 11:09 AM HST · 19321 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
57. 2.06 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 7, 2:11 PM HST · 19321 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
58. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Nov 7, 3:24 PM HST · 19321 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
59. 2.74 km N of Waikoloa, HawaiiThu, Nov 8, 9:18 AM HST · 19320 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
60. 2.619 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 9, 1:30 AM HST · 19319 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

1. 2.65 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 27, 8:12 AM HST · 19332 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
2. 2.121 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 27, 2:34 AM HST · 19332 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
3. 2.311 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 26, 11:19 PM HST · 19332 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
4. 2.516 km S of Fern Forest, HIFri, Oct 26, 3:49 PM HST · 19333 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
5. 2.718 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Oct 26, 11:29 AM HST · 19333 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
6. 4.33 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Oct 26, 7:53 AM HST · 19333 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
7. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 25, 6:25 PM HST · 19334 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
8. 2.416 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 25, 5:28 AM HST · 19334 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
9. 2.111 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Oct 25, 4:49 AM HST · 19334 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
10. 3.439 km SSE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Oct 24, 4:43 PM HST · 19335 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
11. 1.75 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 24, 1:40 PM HST · 19335 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
12. 2.014 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Oct 23, 10:39 PM HST · 19335 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
13. 2.014 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Oct 23, 10:37 PM HST · 19335 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
14. 2.014 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Oct 23, 10:36 PM HST · 19335 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
15. 2.313 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Oct 23, 10:34 PM HST · 19335 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
16. 2.313 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 23, 7:05 PM HST · 19336 days ago · 32 km deep · 8 km away
17. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Oct 23, 10:49 AM HST · 19336 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
18. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Oct 23, 10:30 AM HST · 19336 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
19. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Oct 23, 1:42 AM HST · 19336 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
20. 2.410 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Oct 23, 12:06 AM HST · 19336 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19732601. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:45 PM UTC.