Hawaii earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 24 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 24 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii on Wed, Mar 21, 1962, 12:26 PM GMT-10 (22:26 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 12 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1962-03-21 22:26:52 UTC
Depth
2.5 km (1.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
18.958° N, 155.380° 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 2.2 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
261°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
6

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 170 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.812 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23559 days ago · 48 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 3.95 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23558 days ago · 27 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 2.28 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23558 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23558 days ago · 27 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 3.14 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23558 days ago · 28 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 2.032 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23558 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 2.97 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23558 days ago · 27 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 2.915 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23556 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 3.616 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23553 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 2.516 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23552 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 4.59 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23551 days ago · 27 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 2.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23551 days ago · 31 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 2.511 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23550 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 2.411 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23549 days ago · 30 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 2.79 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23549 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 1.914 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23548 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 2.26 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23547 days ago · 26 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 2.29 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23547 days ago · 25 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 2.412 km ENE of Kealakekua, Hawaii · 23547 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 2.36 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23546 days ago · -1 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 2.55 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23546 days ago · 32 km deep · 52 km away
  22. 2.25 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23546 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 2.34 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23545 days ago · 28 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 3.519 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23545 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  25. 2.718 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23545 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 3.610 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23544 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 2.09 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23544 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 3.210 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23544 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  29. 3.511 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23544 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  30. 3.18 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23544 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 2.421 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23544 days ago · 34 km deep · 48 km away
  32. 1.813 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23544 days ago · 18 km deep · 62 km away
  33. 1.935 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23542 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
  34. 2.06 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23542 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 2.59 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23542 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 2.623 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23541 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
  37. 1.924 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23540 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  38. 2.02 km WNW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23540 days ago · 17 km deep · 62 km away
  39. 2.122 km NW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23540 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23540 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
  41. 1.81 km NE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 23539 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  42. 2.716 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23539 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
  43. 2.09 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23539 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
  44. 2.29 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23539 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
  45. 2.49 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23539 days ago · 29 km deep · 47 km away
  46. 2.06 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23539 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
  47. 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23539 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
  48. 3.04 km WNW of Wainaku, Hawaii · 23539 days ago · 18 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 2.31 km NNW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23539 days ago · 17 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23538 days ago · 29 km deep · 50 km away
  51. 2.82 km WNW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 23537 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  52. 2.38 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23537 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
  53. 3.020 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23537 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  54. 2.222 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23536 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
  55. 2.12 km NE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23536 days ago · 22 km deep · 64 km away
  56. 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23535 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  57. 2.325 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23535 days ago · -1 km deep · 55 km away
  58. 2.22 km NNW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23535 days ago · 14 km deep · 64 km away
  59. 2.8Hawaii region, Hawaii · 23534 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  60. 2.48 km SSW of Hilo, Hawaii · 23534 days ago · 39 km deep · 82 km away

The first 60 of 170.

Before

  1. 2.64 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23562 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.53 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23562 days ago · 31 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.84 km NNE of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23565 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 2.112 km NW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 23566 days ago · 25 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23566 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.74 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23570 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 2.64 km N of Mountain View, Hawaii · 23571 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 2.08 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23572 days ago · 30 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 3.69 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23572 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23573 days ago · 13 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 2.831 km WNW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23576 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 2.09 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23578 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 2.510 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23578 days ago · 27 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 2.74 km NW of Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaii · 23578 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 3.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23578 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 2.55 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23578 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 2.57 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23578 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 2.524 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23579 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 1.925 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23579 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 2.513 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23579 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19620121. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:31 AM UTC.