Hawaii earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 11 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 11 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Feb 4, 1962, 8:57 PM GMT-10 (06:57 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 9 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1962-02-05 06:57:44 UTC
Depth
26.9 km (16.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.346° N, 155.279° 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 2.4 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
161°
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: 91 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.38 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23614 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.410 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23613 days ago · 27 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.715 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23612 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 2.913 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23612 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 2.811 km ESE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23612 days ago · -1 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.99 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23612 days ago · 30 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 3.37 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23611 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 3.67 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23611 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 2.31 km NE of Mountain View, Hawaii · 23611 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 3.512 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23611 days ago · 29 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 2.614 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23611 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 3.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23611 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 2.816 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23611 days ago · 25 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 2.412 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23611 days ago · 26 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 3.47 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23611 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 3.26 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23611 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 2.52 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23611 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 2.710 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23611 days ago · 28 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 2.611 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23611 days ago · 29 km deep · 0 km away
  20. 2.26 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23611 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away
  21. 2.74 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23610 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  22. 4.3Hawaii region, Hawaii · 23608 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  23. 3.214 km WNW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23607 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 3.024 km WNW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23607 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 2.522 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23607 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  26. 1.84 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23605 days ago · -1 km deep · 9 km away
  27. 2.715 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23605 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  28. 2.825 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23604 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  29. 2.79 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23603 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  30. 2.43 km NNW of Puako, Hawaii · 23603 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 2.85 km NNW of Puako, Hawaii · 23603 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 2.910 km SW of Puako, Hawaii · 23602 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  33. 2.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23601 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
  34. 2.310 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23598 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
  35. 2.613 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23596 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
  36. 2.55 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23595 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
  37. 2.914 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23595 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  38. 2.80 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23595 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
  39. 2.421 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23595 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  40. 3.15 km N of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23593 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  41. 2.77 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23593 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  42. 3.315 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23592 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
  43. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23591 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  44. 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23590 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
  45. 2.53 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23588 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
  46. 2.413 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23587 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
  47. 2.513 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23587 days ago · 32 km deep · 30 km away
  48. 1.925 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23587 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  49. 2.524 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23587 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  50. 2.57 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23587 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  51. 2.55 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23587 days ago · 15 km deep · 10 km away
  52. 3.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23587 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  53. 2.74 km NW of Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaii · 23586 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
  54. 2.510 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23586 days ago · 27 km deep · 2 km away
  55. 2.09 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23586 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  56. 2.831 km WNW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23584 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  57. 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23582 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
  58. 3.69 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23581 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  59. 2.08 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23581 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
  60. 4.014 km SSW of Puako, Hawaii · 23581 days ago · 14 km deep · 86 km away

The first 60 of 91.

Before

  1. 2.29 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23614 days ago · 27 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 3.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23614 days ago · 16 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.320 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23615 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 2.56 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23617 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 2.020 km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 23617 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 3.02 km SSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 23621 days ago · 0 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 3.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23623 days ago · 30 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 2.44 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23624 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 2.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23625 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.211 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23625 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 2.55 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23628 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 2.311 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23628 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23628 days ago · 27 km deep · 8 km away
  14. 3.18 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23628 days ago · 44 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 2.67 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23629 days ago · -1 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 2.710 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23631 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 2.118 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23631 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 2.512 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23631 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 2.116 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23631 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 2.58 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23632 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19620049. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:24 PM UTC.