Hawaii earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 21 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 21 km W of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Aug 9, 1962, 3:50 PM GMT-10 (01:50 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 8 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1962-08-10 01:50:06 UTC
Depth
-0.1 km (-0.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.408° N, 155.433° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
137°
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: 130 in the 60 days after this one and 69 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.522 km WSW of Volcano, HI · 23419 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23419 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
  3. 2.318 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23419 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 2.45 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23418 days ago · 32 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 2.514 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23418 days ago · 56 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 2.88 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23417 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 2.521 km ENE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 23417 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 2.19 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23417 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 2.47 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23415 days ago · -1 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 2.913 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23415 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 2.843 km WSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 23414 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.32 km ENE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23414 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 2.821 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23414 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 2.513 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23412 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.814 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23412 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 4.012 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23411 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 4.517 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23410 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 2.913 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23410 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 2.213 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23410 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 2.310 km NNE of Honomu, Hawaii · 23410 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 3.221 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23410 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  22. 2.423 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23409 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
  23. 2.929 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23409 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 2.311 km WSW of Honomu, Hawaii · 23409 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 3.515 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23409 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  26. 3.05 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23409 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  27. 3.311 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23409 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
  28. 2.911 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23409 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  29. 3.217 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23408 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  30. 2.731 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23408 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 2.948 km W of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23408 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 2.76 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23408 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
  33. 2.63 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23408 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
  34. 2.746 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 23407 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  35. 2.416 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23406 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
  36. 3.313 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23406 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  37. 2.56 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23405 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
  38. 2.97 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23405 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
  39. 2.49 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23404 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
  40. 2.724 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23403 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  41. 2.118 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23403 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  42. 3.440 km WNW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23403 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  43. 2.37 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23402 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  44. 2.75 km SSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23402 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  45. 2.631 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23400 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 2.650 km W of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23399 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  47. 2.616 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23399 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  48. 2.08 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23398 days ago · 23 km deep · 25 km away
  49. 3.111 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23398 days ago · -1 km deep · 33 km away
  50. 2.521 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23398 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  51. 3.322 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23398 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  52. 2.99 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23396 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
  53. 2.53 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23396 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
  54. 2.825 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23395 days ago · 14 km deep · 31 km away
  55. 2.76 km NE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23395 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
  56. 3.539 km WNW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23395 days ago · 15 km deep · 77 km away
  57. 2.620 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23395 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  58. 2.719 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23395 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  59. 2.120 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23394 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  60. 2.116 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23394 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away

The first 60 of 130.

Before

  1. 3.015 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23420 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23420 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
  3. 2.45 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23420 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 2.43 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23421 days ago · 28 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 2.628 km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 23424 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.32 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23424 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 1.88 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23425 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 2.36 km ENE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23426 days ago · 15 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.610 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23426 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.29 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23426 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 2.09 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23427 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 2.628 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23427 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 2.517 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23427 days ago · 12 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 3.022 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23427 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 3.921 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23429 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 3.03 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23429 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 2.45 km SE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23429 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 2.916 km SSW of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23431 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 3.013 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23432 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 3.26 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23432 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19620645. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC.