Hawaii earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 9 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 9 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Oct 7, 1962, 1:32 PM GMT-10 (23:32 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 10 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1962-10-07 23:32:30 UTC
Depth
5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.368° N, 155.199° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
197°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
6

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 110 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.410 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23360 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 3.014 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23360 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 2.39 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23360 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23360 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 2.519 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23360 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 2.712 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23359 days ago · 25 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 2.213 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23358 days ago · 20 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23357 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 2.324 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23357 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 2.213 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23355 days ago · 48 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 1.917 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23353 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23353 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 3.113 km E of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 23353 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 3.53 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23353 days ago · 28 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 2.652 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23352 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 2.413 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23352 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 2.824 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23351 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 2.013 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23351 days ago · 23 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 2.49 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23351 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 2.322 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23350 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 2.58 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23350 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  22. 2.78 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23350 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
  23. 2.69 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23350 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  24. 2.422 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23350 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  25. 2.35 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23349 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
  26. 3.42 km W of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23349 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 2.718 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23348 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 2.522 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23348 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  29. 2.525 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23347 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  30. 2.913 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 23347 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 2.411 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23346 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
  32. 2.28 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23346 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  33. 2.116 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23344 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  34. 3.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23344 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  35. 2.319 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23344 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  36. 2.711 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23344 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
  37. 2.722 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23343 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
  38. 2.48 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23343 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  39. 2.314 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23343 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  40. 3.416 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23343 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  41. 2.313 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23342 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
  42. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23342 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
  43. 2.420 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23342 days ago · -1 km deep · 23 km away
  44. 2.821 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23341 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  45. 2.323 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23340 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
  46. 2.77 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23339 days ago · 32 km deep · 6 km away
  47. 2.616 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23339 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
  48. 2.39 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23339 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  49. 1.87 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23339 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
  50. 1.67 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23338 days ago · 32 km deep · 6 km away
  51. 1.710 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23338 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  52. 2.27 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23337 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
  53. 3.711 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23336 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  54. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23335 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  55. 2.617 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23335 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
  56. 2.719 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23334 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
  57. 2.714 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23334 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  58. 2.429 km SSE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23334 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  59. 2.117 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23334 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  60. 2.617 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23331 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away

The first 60 of 110.

Before

  1. 3.06 km W of Kahaluu-Keauhou, Hawaii · 23361 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 1.710 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23361 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 1.78 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23361 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 3.344 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23361 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 3.626 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23361 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 2.615 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23361 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 3.02 km SE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 23362 days ago · 19 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.511 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23363 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 2.522 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23364 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 2.613 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23364 days ago · -1 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 2.47 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23364 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 3.035 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23364 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23364 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 2.28 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23364 days ago · -1 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 2.110 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23364 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 2.517 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23365 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 2.526 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23365 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 2.811 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23367 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 2.87 km N of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23367 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 2.43 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23367 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19620778. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:41 AM UTC.