Hawaii earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 13 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 13 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Feb 22, 1962, 6:00 PM GMT-10 (04:00 UTC), -1 km (0 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
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1962-02-23 04:00:24 UTC
Depth
-0.8 km (-0.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.327° N, 155.211° 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 1.9 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
217°, 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: 103 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.55 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23599 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 2.914 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23599 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 2.80 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23599 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 2.421 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23599 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 3.15 km N of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23597 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 2.77 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23597 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 3.315 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23596 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23594 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23594 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 2.53 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23592 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 2.413 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23591 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 2.513 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23591 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 1.925 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23591 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 2.524 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23591 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 2.57 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23591 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 2.55 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23591 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 3.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23590 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 2.74 km NW of Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaii · 23590 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 2.510 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23590 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 2.09 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23590 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  21. 2.831 km WNW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23588 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23586 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 3.69 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23585 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  24. 2.08 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23585 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
  25. 4.014 km SSW of Puako, Hawaii · 23585 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 2.64 km N of Mountain View, Hawaii · 23584 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
  27. 2.74 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23582 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
  28. 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23579 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
  29. 2.112 km NW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 23579 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
  30. 2.84 km NNE of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23578 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  31. 2.53 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23574 days ago · 31 km deep · 12 km away
  32. 2.64 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23574 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
  33. 2.924 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23573 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
  34. 3.812 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23572 days ago · 48 km deep · 25 km away
  35. 3.95 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23571 days ago · 27 km deep · 11 km away
  36. 2.28 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23571 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  37. 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23571 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
  38. 3.14 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23571 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
  39. 2.032 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23570 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  40. 2.97 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23570 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
  41. 2.915 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23569 days ago · 32 km deep · 7 km away
  42. 3.616 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23566 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  43. 2.516 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23564 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  44. 4.59 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23564 days ago · 27 km deep · 8 km away
  45. 2.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23563 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
  46. 2.511 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23562 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
  47. 2.411 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23561 days ago · 30 km deep · 6 km away
  48. 2.79 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23561 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
  49. 1.914 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23561 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  50. 2.26 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23559 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  51. 2.29 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23559 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
  52. 2.412 km ENE of Kealakekua, Hawaii · 23559 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  53. 2.36 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23559 days ago · -1 km deep · 12 km away
  54. 2.55 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23558 days ago · 32 km deep · 12 km away
  55. 2.25 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23558 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
  56. 2.34 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23558 days ago · 28 km deep · 9 km away
  57. 3.519 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23558 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  58. 2.718 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23558 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  59. 3.610 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23557 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  60. 2.09 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23557 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away

The first 60 of 103.

Before

  1. 2.310 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23602 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 2.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23605 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 2.910 km SW of Puako, Hawaii · 23606 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.79 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23607 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.825 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23608 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 2.715 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23609 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 1.84 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23609 days ago · -1 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 2.522 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23611 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 3.024 km WNW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23611 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 4.3Hawaii region, Hawaii · 23612 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 2.74 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23614 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
  12. 2.26 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23615 days ago · 31 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 2.611 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23615 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
  14. 2.710 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23615 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 2.52 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23615 days ago · 29 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 3.26 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23615 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 3.47 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23615 days ago · 28 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 2.412 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23615 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 2.816 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23615 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 3.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23615 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19620085. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:33 PM UTC.