Hawaii earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 20 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 20 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, May 12, 1962, 12:31 PM GMT-10 (22:31 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.9 17 km N of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1962-05-12 22:31:45 UTC
Depth
3.2 km (2.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.392° N, 155.418° 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, 17.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
224°, 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.917 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23483 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.317 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23483 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 1.918 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23483 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 2.28 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23483 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 2.219 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23482 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 2.523 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23482 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 2.222 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23482 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 2.521 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23482 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 2.530 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23482 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23482 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 3.717 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23482 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 2.710 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23482 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 3.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23481 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 2.77 km ENE of Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaii · 23481 days ago · 19 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 3.27 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23480 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 2.316 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23480 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 2.918 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23480 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 2.514 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23480 days ago · 23 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 2.612 km SE of Hala‘ula, Hawaii · 23479 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.615 km E of Hala‘ula, Hawaii · 23479 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 2.422 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23479 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  22. 2.912 km NNW of Waimea, Hawaii · 23479 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 2.521 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23479 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  24. 2.59 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23479 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  25. 2.73 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23479 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  26. 2.441 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23479 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 1.916 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23479 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  28. 2.38 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23479 days ago · 27 km deep · 17 km away
  29. 2.112 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23478 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
  30. 2.627 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23478 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  31. 2.021 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23478 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
  32. 1.69 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23478 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
  33. 4.08 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23477 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
  34. 1.98 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23477 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
  35. 3.16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23477 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
  36. 2.48 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23477 days ago · 30 km deep · 19 km away
  37. 2.320 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23477 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
  38. 2.49 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23477 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  39. 1.97 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23476 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
  40. 2.024 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23476 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  41. 2.219 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23476 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
  42. 2.37 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23476 days ago · 31 km deep · 19 km away
  43. 2.211 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23476 days ago · 23 km deep · 16 km away
  44. 2.72 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23476 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
  45. 2.518 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23475 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  46. 2.39 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23475 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
  47. 2.38 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23475 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
  48. 2.611 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23474 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  49. 2.337 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23474 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  50. 2.28 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23474 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
  51. 2.29 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23474 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  52. 2.69 km N of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23474 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  53. 2.121 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23474 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  54. 2.313 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23473 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  55. 2.420 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23472 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  56. 2.415 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23472 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
  57. 2.319 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23472 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  58. 2.66 km WSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23472 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
  59. 2.919 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23471 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
  60. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23471 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19620265. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:24 PM UTC.