Hawaii earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 8 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 8 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, May 30, 1962, 10:18 AM GMT-10 (20:18 UTC), 27 km (17 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
2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1962-05-30 20:18:15 UTC
Depth
26.6 km (16.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.368° N, 155.256° 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 2.9 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.01
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
283°, 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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 118 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23500 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 2.58 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23500 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.35 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23499 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.361 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23499 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 1.96 km SSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23499 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 2.07 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23499 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 2.39 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23499 days ago · 28 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 2.520 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23498 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 1.920 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23498 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 1.823 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23497 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23497 days ago · 41 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 1.718 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23497 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 2.420 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23497 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 1.716 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23496 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 1.711 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23496 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 1.816 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23496 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
  17. 3.918 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23496 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 1.917 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23496 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 1.811 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23496 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 1.817 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23496 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  21. 1.812 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23495 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  22. 2.64 km S of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 23494 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
  23. 2.718 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23494 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  24. 3.417 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23493 days ago · 46 km deep · 12 km away
  25. 1.819 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23493 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  26. 1.917 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23493 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  27. 2.317 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23493 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  28. 1.918 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23493 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  29. 2.28 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23493 days ago · 27 km deep · 1 km away
  30. 2.219 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23493 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  31. 2.523 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23492 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 2.222 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23492 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  33. 2.521 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23492 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  34. 2.530 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23492 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
  35. 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23492 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  36. 3.717 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23492 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  37. 2.710 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23492 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  38. 3.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23492 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
  39. 2.77 km ENE of Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaii · 23491 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
  40. 3.27 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23491 days ago · 27 km deep · 2 km away
  41. 2.316 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23491 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  42. 2.918 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23491 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
  43. 2.514 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23490 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
  44. 2.612 km SE of Hala‘ula, Hawaii · 23490 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  45. 2.422 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23489 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
  46. 2.912 km NNW of Waimea, Hawaii · 23489 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 2.521 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23489 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
  48. 2.59 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23489 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  49. 2.73 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23489 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  50. 2.441 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23489 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  51. 1.916 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23489 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  52. 2.38 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23489 days ago · 27 km deep · 1 km away
  53. 2.112 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23489 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
  54. 2.627 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23489 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  55. 2.021 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23488 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  56. 1.69 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23488 days ago · 19 km deep · 4 km away
  57. 4.08 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23487 days ago · 30 km deep · 1 km away
  58. 1.98 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23487 days ago · 18 km deep · 5 km away
  59. 3.16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23487 days ago · 24 km deep · 3 km away
  60. 2.48 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23487 days ago · 30 km deep · 2 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.428 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23502 days ago · 35 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 3.619 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23502 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 2.410 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23502 days ago · 27 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.18 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23503 days ago · 28 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 1.814 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23503 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 2.35 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23503 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.219 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23504 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 1.618 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23505 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 2.29 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23505 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 2.86 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23505 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 2.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23507 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 2.60 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23507 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 2.66 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 23507 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 2.714 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23507 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 3.618 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23508 days ago · 45 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 2.421 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23508 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 2.119 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23508 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 3.712 km SW of Kahaluu-Keauhou, Hawaii · 23508 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 2.118 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23509 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 2.013 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23509 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19620333. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:39 AM UTC.