M2.5 earthquake 4 km E of H?lualoa, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Fri, Jan 29, 1988, 1:34 PM HST

UTC

1988-01-29 23:34:40 UTC

Depth

15.9 km (9.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.625° N, 155.910° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.6 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.09

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

191°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

37

• Hōlualoa, HawaiiPopulation 8,538. Forecast4 kmE
• Kailua-Kona, HawaiiPopulation 11,975. Forecast9 kmE
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast276 kmSE

After

1. 1.813 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiFri, Jan 29, 2:39 PM HST · 14127 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
2. 2.410 km NNW of Puako, HawaiiFri, Jan 29, 5:09 PM HST · 14127 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
3. 1.5Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Jan 30, 1:13 AM HST · 14126 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
4. 1.75 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 30, 8:17 AM HST · 14126 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
5. 1.913 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jan 30, 8:36 AM HST · 14126 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
6. 1.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jan 30, 2:28 PM HST · 14126 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
7. 2.79 km SSW of H?w?, HawaiiSat, Jan 30, 5:43 PM HST · 14126 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
8. 1.916 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jan 30, 11:56 PM HST · 14126 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
9. 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 1, 11:06 AM HST · 14124 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
10. 2.316 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Feb 1, 2:33 PM HST · 14124 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
11. 2.110 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 1, 11:27 PM HST · 14124 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
12. 2.111 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 1, 11:43 PM HST · 14124 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
13. 2.820 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 2, 10:35 AM HST · 14123 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
14. 1.811 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 2, 3:53 PM HST · 14123 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
15. 1.911 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 2, 6:15 PM HST · 14123 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
16. 2.023 km ESE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Feb 2, 8:38 PM HST · 14123 days ago · 43 km deep · 88 km away
17. 2.39 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 3, 3:51 AM HST · 14122 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
18. 2.2Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Feb 3, 3:54 AM HST · 14122 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
19. 2.521 km ESE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Feb 3, 5:11 AM HST · 14122 days ago · 38 km deep · 86 km away
20. 2.16 km ESE of Waimea, HawaiiWed, Feb 3, 11:25 AM HST · 14122 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
21. 2.123 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Feb 3, 4:29 PM HST · 14122 days ago · 41 km deep · 99 km away
22. 1.611 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 3, 10:35 PM HST · 14122 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
23. 2.38 km SSE of Kapaau, HawaiiThu, Feb 4, 2:03 AM HST · 14121 days ago · 24 km deep · 61 km away
24. 2.221 km ESE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Feb 4, 4:24 AM HST · 14121 days ago · 36 km deep · 86 km away
25. 1.513 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Feb 4, 5:46 AM HST · 14121 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
26. 2.39 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 4, 7:28 AM HST · 14121 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
27. 1.823 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Feb 4, 4:56 PM HST · 14121 days ago · 15 km deep · 42 km away
28. 2.110 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiThu, Feb 4, 8:47 PM HST · 14121 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
29. 2.8Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Feb 4, 10:13 PM HST · 14121 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
30. 1.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Feb 5, 6:46 AM HST · 14120 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
31. 2.315 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, HawaiiFri, Feb 5, 11:21 PM HST · 14120 days ago · -1 km deep · 54 km away
32. 2.09 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 6, 12:17 AM HST · 14120 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
33. 1.822 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Feb 6, 3:28 AM HST · 14119 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
34. 1.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Feb 6, 4:58 AM HST · 14119 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
35. 2.34 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Feb 6, 9:04 AM HST · 14119 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
36. 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 6, 2:52 PM HST · 14119 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
37. 2.216 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Feb 6, 6:10 PM HST · 14119 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
38. 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Feb 6, 10:43 PM HST · 14119 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
39. 2.912 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiSun, Feb 7, 7:49 AM HST · 14118 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
40. 2.25 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Feb 7, 4:47 PM HST · 14118 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
41. 2.521 km W of H?w?, HawaiiSun, Feb 7, 6:13 PM HST · 14118 days ago · 18 km deep · 70 km away
42. 2.520 km W of H?w?, HawaiiMon, Feb 8, 2:32 AM HST · 14117 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
43. 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 8, 11:02 AM HST · 14117 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
44. 2.08 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 8, 1:49 PM HST · 14117 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
45. 2.916 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Feb 9, 12:41 AM HST · 14116 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
46. 2.014 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Feb 9, 5:09 AM HST · 14116 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
47. 1.61 km E of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Feb 9, 9:43 AM HST · 14116 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
48. 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 9, 10:30 AM HST · 14116 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
49. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 9, 12:51 PM HST · 14116 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
50. 1.710 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiTue, Feb 9, 10:13 PM HST · 14116 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
51. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 10, 12:22 AM HST · 14116 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
52. 3.015 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Feb 10, 3:26 AM HST · 14115 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
53. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 10, 1:53 PM HST · 14115 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
54. 1.94 km WSW of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Feb 10, 2:07 PM HST · 14115 days ago · 37 km deep · 63 km away
55. 1.611 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 11, 1:05 AM HST · 14114 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
56. 1.916 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Feb 12, 7:52 PM HST · 14113 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
57. 2.115 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Feb 12, 7:54 PM HST · 14113 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
58. 2.616 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Feb 12, 9:55 PM HST · 14113 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
59. 2.816 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Feb 12, 10:48 PM HST · 14113 days ago · 10 km deep · 82 km away
60. 2.218 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 13, 1:21 AM HST · 14112 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away

The first 60 of 201.

Before

1. 2.65 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 29, 9:26 AM HST · 14127 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
2. 1.617 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jan 28, 6:13 PM HST · 14128 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
3. 2.11 km NNW of Honalo, HawaiiThu, Jan 28, 12:19 PM HST · 14128 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
4. 1.516 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 28, 4:37 AM HST · 14128 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
5. 1.85 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 27, 3:58 PM HST · 14129 days ago · 32 km deep · 72 km away
6. 1.615 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Jan 27, 3:37 PM HST · 14129 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
7. 2.011 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 26, 7:22 PM HST · 14130 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
8. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Jan 26, 7:17 PM HST · 14130 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
9. 1.715 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 26, 4:49 PM HST · 14130 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
10. 3.916 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 26, 3:24 PM HST · 14130 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
11. 1.8Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Jan 26, 1:17 PM HST · 14130 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
12. 2.011 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 26, 12:24 PM HST · 14130 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
13. 2.52 km E of Captain Cook, HawaiiTue, Jan 26, 11:42 AM HST · 14130 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
14. 2.422 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 26, 3:19 AM HST · 14130 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
15. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 25, 9:28 PM HST · 14131 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
16. 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 25, 8:03 PM HST · 14131 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
17. 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 25, 3:25 PM HST · 14131 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
18. 2.77 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 25, 3:18 PM HST · 14131 days ago · -1 km deep · 58 km away
19. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 24, 5:30 PM HST · 14132 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
20. 1.621 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jan 24, 5:26 PM HST · 14132 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv261663. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:05 PM UTC.