Hawaii earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 8 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 8 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Aug 30, 1962, 3:53 PM GMT-10 (01:53 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 11 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1962-08-31 01:53:43 UTC
Depth
22.9 km (14.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.369° N, 155.201° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
167°
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: 123 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.111 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23398 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 2.521 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23398 days ago · -1 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 3.322 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23398 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 2.99 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23395 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 2.53 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23395 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 2.825 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23395 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 2.76 km NE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23395 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 3.539 km WNW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23395 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.620 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23395 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 2.719 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23394 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 2.120 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23394 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 2.116 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23394 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 3.031 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23390 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 4.368 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23390 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 2.715 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23389 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 2.67 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23389 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 3.026 km NW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23388 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 3.815 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23387 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 3.82 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23387 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
  20. 3.74 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23387 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  21. 2.822 km WNW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23386 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
  22. 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23386 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  23. 2.43 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23385 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
  24. 2.96 km NE of Honalo, Hawaii · 23385 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  25. 2.518 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23385 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  26. 2.48 km SSW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23384 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  27. 3.510 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23383 days ago · -1 km deep · 11 km away
  28. 3.010 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23383 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  29. 3.660 km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 23382 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  30. 3.77 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23381 days ago · 46 km deep · 13 km away
  31. 2.919 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23380 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  32. 2.811 km SSE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23380 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 2.827 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23380 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  34. 2.210 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23379 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 3.612 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23378 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  36. 2.712 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23378 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 2.827 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23376 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  38. 2.611 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23376 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
  39. 2.815 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23375 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  40. 2.220 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23375 days ago · 38 km deep · 43 km away
  41. 2.110 km NW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 23374 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
  42. 2.411 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23373 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  43. 2.924 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23373 days ago · -1 km deep · 28 km away
  44. 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23373 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  45. 3.45 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23372 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  46. 3.113 km NNE of Honomu, Hawaii · 23372 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 2.722 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23370 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  48. 3.414 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23370 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  49. 2.77 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23370 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
  50. 2.436 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23370 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 2.59 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23369 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
  52. 2.430 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23369 days ago · 32 km deep · 49 km away
  53. 2.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23368 days ago · -1 km deep · 30 km away
  54. 2.43 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23367 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
  55. 2.87 km N of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23367 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
  56. 2.811 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23367 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  57. 2.526 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23365 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  58. 2.517 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23365 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  59. 2.110 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23364 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  60. 2.28 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23364 days ago · -1 km deep · 10 km away

The first 60 of 123.

Before

  1. 2.616 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23399 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 2.75 km SSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23402 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.37 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23402 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 2.118 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23403 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 2.724 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23403 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 2.49 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23403 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 2.97 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23405 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 2.56 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23405 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 3.313 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23406 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 2.416 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23406 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 2.63 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23407 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 2.76 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23407 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 2.731 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23408 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  14. 3.217 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23408 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 2.911 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23408 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  16. 3.311 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23408 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
  17. 3.05 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23409 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 3.515 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23409 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 2.311 km WSW of Honomu, Hawaii · 23409 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 2.929 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23409 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19620695. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:17 AM UTC.