Hawaii earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 5 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 5 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Jan 10, 1962, 2:13 PM GMT-10 (00:13 UTC), 27 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 10 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

Volcano forecastMore in Hawaii

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1962-01-11 00:13:38 UTC
Depth
26.5 km (16.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.394° N, 155.259° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.28
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
152°
Stations used
7

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.210 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23627 days ago · -1 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 2.216 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23626 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 2.58 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23624 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 2.116 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23623 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 2.512 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23623 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 2.118 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23623 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 2.710 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23623 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 2.67 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23621 days ago · -1 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 3.18 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23620 days ago · 44 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23620 days ago · 27 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 2.311 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23620 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 2.55 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23619 days ago · 18 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 2.211 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23617 days ago · 46 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 2.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23617 days ago · 29 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 2.44 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23616 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 3.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23615 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
  17. 3.02 km SSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 23613 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.020 km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 23609 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 2.56 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23609 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 2.320 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23607 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
  21. 3.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23606 days ago · 16 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 2.29 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23606 days ago · 27 km deep · 3 km away
  23. 2.311 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23606 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
  24. 2.38 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23606 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away
  25. 2.410 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23605 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
  26. 2.715 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23604 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  27. 2.913 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23604 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  28. 2.811 km ESE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23604 days ago · -1 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 2.99 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23603 days ago · 30 km deep · 3 km away
  30. 3.37 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23603 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  31. 3.67 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23603 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
  32. 2.31 km NE of Mountain View, Hawaii · 23603 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  33. 3.512 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23603 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
  34. 2.614 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23603 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
  35. 3.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23603 days ago · 28 km deep · 2 km away
  36. 2.816 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23603 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
  37. 2.412 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23603 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  38. 3.47 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23603 days ago · 28 km deep · 2 km away
  39. 3.26 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23603 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  40. 2.52 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23603 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
  41. 2.710 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23603 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
  42. 2.611 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23603 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
  43. 2.26 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23603 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away
  44. 2.74 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23602 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
  45. 4.3Hawaii region, Hawaii · 23600 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  46. 3.214 km WNW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23599 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 3.024 km WNW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23599 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  48. 2.522 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23599 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  49. 1.84 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23597 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  50. 2.715 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23597 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  51. 2.825 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23596 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  52. 2.79 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23595 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 2.43 km NNW of Puako, Hawaii · 23595 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  54. 2.85 km NNW of Puako, Hawaii · 23595 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 2.910 km SW of Puako, Hawaii · 23594 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  56. 2.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23593 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
  57. 2.310 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23590 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
  58. 2.613 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23588 days ago · -1 km deep · 9 km away
  59. 2.55 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23587 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
  60. 2.914 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23587 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away

The first 60 of 84.

Before

  1. 3.28 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23631 days ago · 30 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.86 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23632 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 2.89 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23633 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 3.113 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23634 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 2.625 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23634 days ago · -1 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 2.58 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23634 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 4.218 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23634 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 2.812 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23634 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 3.112 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23635 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 3.117 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23636 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 2.919 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23636 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 2.920 km NNE of Honomu, Hawaii · 23637 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 2.18 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23638 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 3.25 km WNW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23638 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 3.42 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 23638 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 2.15 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23638 days ago · 28 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 1.94 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23638 days ago · 29 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 2.19 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23638 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 2.14 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23638 days ago · 28 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 2.19 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23639 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away

Earthquakes todayHawaii earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19620025. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:31 PM UTC.