Hawaii earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 2 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 2 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Aug 5, 1962, 2:18 AM GMT-10 (12:18 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 28 km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1962-08-05 12:18:06 UTC
Depth
28.0 km (17.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.463° N, 155.227° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
118°
Stations used
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 113 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.628 km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 23424 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.43 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23421 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.45 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23420 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23420 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 3.015 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23420 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 2.821 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23419 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 2.522 km WSW of Volcano, HI · 23419 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23419 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 2.318 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23419 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 2.45 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23418 days ago · 32 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 2.514 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23418 days ago · 56 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 2.88 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23417 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 2.521 km ENE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 23417 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 2.19 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23417 days ago · 34 km deep · 11 km away
  15. 2.47 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23415 days ago · -1 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 2.567 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23415 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.913 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23415 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 2.32 km ENE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23414 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 2.821 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23414 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 2.513 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23412 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 2.814 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23412 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 4.012 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23411 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 4.517 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23410 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  24. 2.913 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23410 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 2.213 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23410 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  26. 2.310 km NNE of Honomu, Hawaii · 23410 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 3.221 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23410 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  28. 2.423 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23409 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
  29. 2.929 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23409 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 2.311 km WSW of Honomu, Hawaii · 23409 days ago · 13 km deep · 42 km away
  31. 3.515 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23409 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  32. 3.05 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23409 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 3.311 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23409 days ago · 14 km deep · 19 km away
  34. 2.911 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23409 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  35. 3.217 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23408 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  36. 2.731 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23408 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 2.76 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23408 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  38. 2.63 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23408 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 2.416 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23406 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  40. 3.313 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23406 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  41. 2.56 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23405 days ago · 28 km deep · 9 km away
  42. 2.97 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23405 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
  43. 2.49 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23404 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
  44. 2.724 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23403 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  45. 2.118 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23403 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  46. 2.37 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23402 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  47. 2.75 km SSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23402 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  48. 2.616 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23399 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
  49. 2.08 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23398 days ago · 23 km deep · 11 km away
  50. 3.111 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23398 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
  51. 2.521 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23398 days ago · -1 km deep · 23 km away
  52. 3.322 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23398 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  53. 2.99 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23396 days ago · 27 km deep · 11 km away
  54. 2.53 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23396 days ago · 22 km deep · 2 km away
  55. 2.825 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23395 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  56. 2.76 km NE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23395 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  57. 3.539 km WNW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23395 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  58. 2.620 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23395 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
  59. 2.719 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23395 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  60. 2.120 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23394 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of 113.

Before

  1. 1.88 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23425 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 2.36 km ENE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23426 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 2.610 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23426 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 2.29 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23426 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 2.09 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23427 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 2.628 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23427 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 2.517 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23427 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 3.022 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23427 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 3.921 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23429 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 3.03 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23429 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.45 km SE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23429 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.916 km SSW of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23431 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 3.013 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23432 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 3.26 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23432 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 3.95 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23432 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 2.618 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23432 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 3.221 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23433 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.520 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23433 days ago · -1 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 2.127 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23434 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 2.66 km SSW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23434 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19620639. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC.