Hawaii earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 7 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 7 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Oct 4, 1962, 1:40 AM GMT-10 (11:40 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 13 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1962-10-04 11:40:15 UTC
Depth
27.5 km (17.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.376° N, 155.247° 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 3.2 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
295°, 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: 117 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.613 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23364 days ago · -1 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 2.522 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23364 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 2.511 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23363 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 3.02 km SE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 23362 days ago · 19 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.615 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23361 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 3.626 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23361 days ago · 17 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 3.344 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23361 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 1.78 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23361 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 1.710 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23361 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 3.06 km W of Kahaluu-Keauhou, Hawaii · 23361 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 2.39 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23360 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 2.410 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23360 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 3.014 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23360 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 2.39 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23360 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23360 days ago · 22 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 2.519 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23360 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 2.712 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23359 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 3.38 km N of Kukuihaele, Hawaii · 23359 days ago · 31 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.213 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23358 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23357 days ago · 29 km deep · 0 km away
  21. 2.324 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23357 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  22. 2.213 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23355 days ago · 48 km deep · 20 km away
  23. 1.917 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23353 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  24. 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23353 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  25. 3.113 km E of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 23353 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
  26. 3.53 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23353 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  27. 2.814 km WSW of Puako, Hawaii · 23352 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 2.652 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23352 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  29. 2.413 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23352 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 2.824 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23351 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  31. 2.013 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23351 days ago · 23 km deep · 7 km away
  32. 2.49 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23351 days ago · 28 km deep · 2 km away
  33. 2.322 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23350 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  34. 2.58 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23350 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
  35. 2.78 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23350 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
  36. 2.69 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23350 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
  37. 2.422 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23350 days ago · 35 km deep · 32 km away
  38. 2.35 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23349 days ago · 35 km deep · 3 km away
  39. 3.42 km W of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23349 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  40. 2.718 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23348 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  41. 2.522 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23348 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  42. 2.525 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23347 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  43. 2.913 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 23347 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 2.411 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23346 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
  45. 2.28 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23346 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  46. 2.116 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23344 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  47. 3.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23344 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  48. 2.319 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23344 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  49. 2.711 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23344 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  50. 2.722 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23343 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  51. 2.48 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23343 days ago · 28 km deep · 1 km away
  52. 2.314 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23343 days ago · -1 km deep · 10 km away
  53. 3.416 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23343 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  54. 2.313 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23342 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
  55. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23342 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
  56. 2.420 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23342 days ago · -1 km deep · 18 km away
  57. 2.821 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23341 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  58. 2.323 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23340 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  59. 2.77 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23339 days ago · 32 km deep · 1 km away
  60. 2.616 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23339 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away

The first 60 of 117.

Before

  1. 3.035 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23364 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23364 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 2.28 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23364 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 2.110 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23364 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 2.517 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23365 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 2.526 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23365 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 2.811 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23367 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 2.87 km N of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23367 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 2.43 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23367 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 2.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23368 days ago · -1 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 3.339 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 23369 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.430 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23369 days ago · 32 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 2.59 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23369 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 2.436 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23370 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.77 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23370 days ago · 33 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 3.414 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23370 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 2.722 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23370 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 3.113 km NNE of Honomu, Hawaii · 23372 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 3.45 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23372 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23373 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19620767. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:17 AM UTC.