Hawaii earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 11 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 11 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, May 10, 1962, 6:16 PM GMT-10 (04:16 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M6.2 21 km N of Pahala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1962-05-11 04:16:29 UTC
Depth
26.4 km (16.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.356° N, 155.291° 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 2.7 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
197°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 84 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.57 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23522 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 1.919 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23522 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 2.813 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23522 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 2.810 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23522 days ago · 31 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 2.512 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23522 days ago · 27 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.313 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23522 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 3.510 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23522 days ago · 25 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 2.85 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23522 days ago · 29 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 2.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23522 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 2.710 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23521 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 2.65 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23521 days ago · 31 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 2.222 km N of Pāhala, HI · 23521 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 1.820 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23520 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 2.217 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23520 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 2.59 km SSW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23520 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 2.115 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23520 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 2.09 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23520 days ago · 30 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 2.028 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23520 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 2.124 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23520 days ago · 40 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 2.219 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23520 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
  21. 2.610 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23520 days ago · 28 km deep · 2 km away
  22. 3.216 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23520 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  23. 2.019 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23519 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  24. 1.89 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23519 days ago · 19 km deep · 2 km away
  25. 2.511 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23519 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  26. 2.415 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23518 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  27. 2.814 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23518 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
  28. 2.218 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23517 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
  29. 1.98 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23517 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
  30. 1.916 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23517 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  31. 2.620 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23517 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  32. 2.016 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23516 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 1.821 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23516 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  34. 2.32 km NE of Hawaiian Beaches, Hawaii · 23516 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
  35. 2.322 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23516 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  36. 2.120 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23516 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  37. 2.610 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23515 days ago · -1 km deep · 12 km away
  38. 2.716 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23515 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
  39. 1.811 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23515 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  40. 2.420 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23515 days ago · -1 km deep · 20 km away
  41. 2.35 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23514 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  42. 2.214 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23514 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  43. 2.38 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23514 days ago · 31 km deep · 6 km away
  44. 2.21 km ESE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23514 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  45. 1.919 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23513 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  46. 2.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23513 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  47. 2.120 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23513 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  48. 2.27 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23513 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
  49. 2.018 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23512 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  50. 2.116 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23512 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
  51. 2.23 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23512 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 2.220 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23512 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  53. 2.221 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23512 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  54. 2.56 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23511 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  55. 2.55 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23511 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  56. 2.88 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23511 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
  57. 3.019 km NE of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 23511 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  58. 2.93 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23511 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  59. 2.013 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23510 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  60. 2.118 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23510 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.54 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23522 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 2.326 km W of Volcano, HI · 23522 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 2.75 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23522 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 2.67 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23522 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 1.59 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23523 days ago · 17 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.49 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23523 days ago · 28 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 2.38 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23523 days ago · 31 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 3.36 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23523 days ago · 27 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23523 days ago · 28 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.47 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23523 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 1.99 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23523 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 4.16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23523 days ago · 36 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 2.04 km NNW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23523 days ago · 32 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 2.717 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23523 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 1.812 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23523 days ago · 27 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 2.77 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23523 days ago · 32 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 1.819 km WNW of Pāhala, HI · 23523 days ago · -1 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 2.327 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23523 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 2.723 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23524 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 2.116 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23524 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19620252. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:54 AM UTC.