M2.2 earthquake 6 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 6 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Apr 4, 1962, 6:07 AM GMT-10 (16:07 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 12 km ENE of Kealakekua, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1962-04-04 16:07:19 UTC
- Depth
- 25.8 km (16.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.381° N, 155.245° 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 2.5 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 173°
- 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: 192 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.29 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23547 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.412 km ENE of Kealakekua, Hawaii · 23547 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.36 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23547 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.55 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23546 days ago · 32 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.25 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23546 days ago · 24 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.34 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23546 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.519 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23546 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.718 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23546 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.610 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23545 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.09 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23545 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.210 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23545 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.511 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23545 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.18 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23544 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.421 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23544 days ago · 34 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.813 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23544 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.935 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23542 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.06 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23542 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.59 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23542 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.623 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23541 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.924 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23541 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.02 km WNW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23541 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.122 km NW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23541 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23540 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.81 km NE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 23540 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.716 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23540 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.09 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23540 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.29 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23540 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.49 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23540 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.06 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23540 days ago · 29 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23540 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.04 km WNW of Wainaku, Hawaii · 23540 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.31 km NNW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23539 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23539 days ago · 29 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.82 km WNW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 23538 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.38 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23538 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.020 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23537 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.222 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23537 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.12 km NE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23537 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23536 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.325 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23536 days ago · -1 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.22 km NNW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23535 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.8Hawaii region, Hawaii · 23535 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.48 km SSW of Hilo, Hawaii · 23535 days ago · 39 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.33 km NNW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23535 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.510 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23534 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.21 km NE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23534 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.510 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23534 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23533 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.030 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23533 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.37 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23532 days ago · 28 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.822 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23531 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.220 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23531 days ago · -1 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.56 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23528 days ago · 30 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.45 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23528 days ago · 24 km deep · 2 km away
- 4.218 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23527 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.019 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23527 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.118 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23526 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.521 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23526 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.441 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23525 days ago · 17 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.926 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23524 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
The first 60 of 192.
Before
- 1.914 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23549 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.79 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23549 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.411 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23549 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.511 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23550 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23551 days ago · 31 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.59 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23552 days ago · 27 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.516 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23552 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
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