Hawaii earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 9 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 9 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Apr 11, 1962, 5:38 PM GMT-10 (03:38 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 9 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1962-04-12 03:38:33 UTC
Depth
25.0 km (15.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.393° N, 155.310° 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, 0.8 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
103°
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: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.49 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23539 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.06 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23539 days ago · 29 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23539 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 3.04 km WNW of Wainaku, Hawaii · 23539 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 2.31 km NNW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23539 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23538 days ago · 29 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 2.82 km WNW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 23537 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 2.38 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23537 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 3.020 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23537 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 2.222 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23536 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 2.12 km NE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23536 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23535 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 2.325 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23535 days ago · -1 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 2.22 km NNW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23535 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 2.8Hawaii region, Hawaii · 23534 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.48 km SSW of Hilo, Hawaii · 23534 days ago · 39 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 2.33 km NNW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23534 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 2.510 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23534 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 2.21 km NE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23533 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 2.510 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23533 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  21. 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23533 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  22. 2.030 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23532 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 2.37 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23532 days ago · 28 km deep · 8 km away
  24. 2.822 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23531 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  25. 2.220 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23530 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
  26. 2.56 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23527 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
  27. 2.45 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23527 days ago · 24 km deep · 9 km away
  28. 4.218 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23527 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  29. 2.019 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23526 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  30. 2.118 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23526 days ago · 15 km deep · 18 km away
  31. 2.521 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23526 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  32. 2.441 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23525 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 2.926 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23524 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
  34. 2.820 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23523 days ago · -1 km deep · 12 km away
  35. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23522 days ago · -1 km deep · 9 km away
  36. 2.417 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23521 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 2.317 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 23521 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
  38. 3.022 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23520 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  39. 2.210 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23520 days ago · 31 km deep · 3 km away
  40. 2.420 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 23519 days ago · 43 km deep · 20 km away
  41. 2.114 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23518 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
  42. 1.910 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23518 days ago · 24 km deep · 7 km away
  43. 2.619 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23518 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  44. 2.45 km S of Hilo, Hawaii · 23517 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  45. 2.520 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23517 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
  46. 2.84 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23517 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
  47. 1.85 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23515 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  48. 2.321 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23515 days ago · -1 km deep · 14 km away
  49. 2.232 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23514 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
  50. 2.821 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23514 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
  51. 2.39 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23513 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  52. 1.719 km N of Pāhala, HI · 23513 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  53. 2.16 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23513 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
  54. 1.822 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23513 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  55. 2.52 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23512 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
  56. 2.818 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 23512 days ago · 41 km deep · 18 km away
  57. 2.116 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23512 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  58. 2.723 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23512 days ago · 16 km deep · 16 km away
  59. 2.327 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23512 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  60. 1.819 km WNW of Pāhala, HI · 23511 days ago · -1 km deep · 38 km away

The first 60 of 199.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19620169. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:57 AM UTC.