M2.1 earthquake 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Apr 11, 1962, 3:26 AM GMT-10 (13:26 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 16 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1962-04-11 13:26:06 UTC
- Depth
- 1.2 km (0.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.327° N, 155.199° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 218°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.716 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23539 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.09 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23539 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.29 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23539 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.49 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23539 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.06 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23539 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23539 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.04 km WNW of Wainaku, Hawaii · 23539 days ago · 18 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.31 km NNW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23539 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23538 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.82 km WNW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 23537 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.38 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23537 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.020 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23537 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.222 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23536 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.12 km NE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23536 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23535 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.325 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23535 days ago · -1 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.22 km NNW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23535 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.8Hawaii region, Hawaii · 23534 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.48 km SSW of Hilo, Hawaii · 23534 days ago · 39 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.33 km NNW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23534 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.510 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23534 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.21 km NE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23533 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.510 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23533 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23533 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.030 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23532 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.37 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23532 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.822 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23531 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.220 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23530 days ago · -1 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.56 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23527 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.45 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23527 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.218 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23527 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.019 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23526 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.118 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23526 days ago · 15 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.521 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23526 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.441 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23525 days ago · 17 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.926 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23523 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.820 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23523 days ago · -1 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23522 days ago · -1 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.417 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23521 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.317 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 23521 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.022 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23520 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.210 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23520 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.420 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 23519 days ago · 43 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.114 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23518 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.910 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23518 days ago · 24 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.619 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23517 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.45 km S of Hilo, Hawaii · 23517 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.520 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23517 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.84 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23517 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.85 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23515 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.321 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23515 days ago · -1 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.232 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23514 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.821 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23514 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.39 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23513 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.719 km N of Pāhala, HI · 23513 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.16 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23513 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.822 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23513 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.52 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23512 days ago · 25 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.818 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 23512 days ago · 41 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.116 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23512 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19620165. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:40 AM UTC.