M2.7 earthquake 12 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Mon, Oct 8, 1962, 9:12 PM GMT-10

UTC

1962-10-09 07:12:28 UTC

Depth

25.5 km (15.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.328° N, 155.224° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 3.4 km horizontally, 2.3 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.17

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

215°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

6

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast13 kmS
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast40 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast352 kmSE

After

1. 2.213 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Oct 10, 3:51 AM GMT-10 · 23367 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
2. 2.5Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Oct 10, 9:35 PM GMT-10 · 23366 days ago · 29 km deep · 6 km away
3. 2.324 km SE of Waikoloa, HawaiiThu, Oct 11, 11:03 AM GMT-10 · 23365 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
4. 2.213 km NNW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 13, 4:12 AM GMT-10 · 23364 days ago · 48 km deep · 26 km away
5. 1.917 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 14, 4:48 PM GMT-10 · 23362 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
6. 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Oct 14, 6:56 PM GMT-10 · 23362 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
7. 3.113 km E of Kalaoa, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 12:35 AM GMT-10 · 23362 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
8. 3.53 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 2:08 AM GMT-10 · 23362 days ago · 28 km deep · 11 km away
9. 2.652 km SSE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiMon, Oct 15, 10:23 PM GMT-10 · 23361 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
10. 2.413 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Oct 16, 3:15 AM GMT-10 · 23361 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
11. 2.824 km SE of Waikoloa, HawaiiWed, Oct 17, 3:12 AM GMT-10 · 23360 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
12. 2.013 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 17, 5:43 AM GMT-10 · 23360 days ago · 23 km deep · 1 km away
13. 2.49 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 17, 11:21 AM GMT-10 · 23359 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
14. 2.322 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Oct 17, 11:29 PM GMT-10 · 23359 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
15. 2.58 km ESE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiThu, Oct 18, 3:07 AM GMT-10 · 23359 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
16. 2.78 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 18, 3:19 AM GMT-10 · 23359 days ago · 27 km deep · 8 km away
17. 2.69 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 18, 5:10 AM GMT-10 · 23359 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
18. 2.422 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiThu, Oct 18, 8:48 AM GMT-10 · 23358 days ago · 35 km deep · 28 km away
19. 2.35 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 18, 4:29 PM GMT-10 · 23358 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
20. 3.42 km W of Kailua-Kona, HawaiiFri, Oct 19, 6:43 AM GMT-10 · 23358 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
21. 2.718 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Oct 20, 2:30 AM GMT-10 · 23357 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
22. 2.522 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 20, 5:43 AM GMT-10 · 23357 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
23. 2.525 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Oct 21, 6:52 AM GMT-10 · 23356 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
24. 2.913 km SW of Captain Cook, HawaiiSun, Oct 21, 10:04 AM GMT-10 · 23355 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
25. 2.411 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Oct 21, 4:09 PM GMT-10 · 23355 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
26. 2.28 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 21, 5:57 PM GMT-10 · 23355 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
27. 2.116 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Oct 23, 1:57 PM GMT-10 · 23353 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
28. 3.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Oct 24, 2:00 AM GMT-10 · 23353 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
29. 2.319 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 24, 5:43 AM GMT-10 · 23353 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
30. 2.711 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 24, 7:02 AM GMT-10 · 23353 days ago · 28 km deep · 1 km away
31. 2.722 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 24, 2:39 PM GMT-10 · 23352 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
32. 2.48 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 24, 9:54 PM GMT-10 · 23352 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
33. 2.314 km SE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 25, 2:49 AM GMT-10 · 23352 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
34. 3.416 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Oct 25, 3:32 AM GMT-10 · 23352 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
35. 2.313 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 25, 1:13 PM GMT-10 · 23351 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
36. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Oct 25, 10:29 PM GMT-10 · 23351 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
37. 2.420 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 26, 3:36 AM GMT-10 · 23351 days ago · -1 km deep · 21 km away
38. 2.821 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Oct 27, 10:27 AM GMT-10 · 23349 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
39. 2.323 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Oct 28, 6:37 AM GMT-10 · 23349 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
40. 2.77 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 28, 3:13 PM GMT-10 · 23348 days ago · 32 km deep · 7 km away
41. 2.616 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Oct 28, 11:02 PM GMT-10 · 23348 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
42. 2.39 km SE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiMon, Oct 29, 12:34 AM GMT-10 · 23348 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
43. 1.87 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Oct 29, 4:27 AM GMT-10 · 23348 days ago · 28 km deep · 28 km away
44. 1.67 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 30, 11:55 AM GMT-10 · 23346 days ago · 32 km deep · 6 km away
45. 1.710 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 30, 11:58 AM GMT-10 · 23346 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
46. 2.27 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 30, 12:27 PM GMT-10 · 23346 days ago · 27 km deep · 8 km away
47. 3.711 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiWed, Oct 31, 1:30 PM GMT-10 · 23345 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
48. 2.5Island of Hawaii, HawaiiFri, Nov 2, 4:51 AM GMT-10 · 23344 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
49. 2.617 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 2, 9:02 AM GMT-10 · 23343 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
50. 2.719 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, Nov 2, 10:30 PM GMT-10 · 23343 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
51. 2.714 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, HawaiiFri, Nov 2, 10:50 PM GMT-10 · 23343 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
52. 2.429 km SSE of Waikoloa, HawaiiSat, Nov 3, 3:55 AM GMT-10 · 23343 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
53. 2.117 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Nov 3, 6:32 AM GMT-10 · 23343 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
54. 2.617 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Nov 6, 12:16 AM GMT-10 · 23340 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
55. 2.72 km E of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Nov 6, 5:56 AM GMT-10 · 23340 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
56. 2.914 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Nov 6, 7:15 AM GMT-10 · 23340 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
57. 2.122 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 6, 8:08 AM GMT-10 · 23339 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
58. 3.010 km S of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, Nov 6, 9:55 PM GMT-10 · 23339 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
59. 2.716 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Nov 7, 8:07 AM GMT-10 · 23338 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
60. 3.033 km E of Leilani Estates, HawaiiThu, Nov 8, 12:06 AM GMT-10 · 23338 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away

The first 60 of 118.

Before

1. 2.519 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Oct 8, 7:40 AM GMT-10 · 23369 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
2. 2.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Oct 8, 3:32 AM GMT-10 · 23369 days ago · 22 km deep · 2 km away
3. 2.39 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Oct 7, 9:54 PM GMT-10 · 23369 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
4. 3.014 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Oct 7, 6:47 PM GMT-10 · 23369 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
5. 2.410 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 7, 1:33 PM GMT-10 · 23369 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
6. 2.39 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 7, 1:32 PM GMT-10 · 23369 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
7. 3.06 km W of Kahaluu-Keauhou, HawaiiSun, Oct 7, 2:11 AM GMT-10 · 23370 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
8. 1.710 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Oct 6, 10:16 PM GMT-10 · 23370 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
9. 1.78 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Oct 6, 9:57 PM GMT-10 · 23370 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
10. 3.344 km S of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Oct 6, 3:21 PM GMT-10 · 23370 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
11. 3.626 km S of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Oct 6, 3:14 PM GMT-10 · 23370 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
12. 2.615 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Oct 6, 2:02 PM GMT-10 · 23370 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
13. 3.02 km SE of H?lualoa, HawaiiFri, Oct 5, 2:56 PM GMT-10 · 23371 days ago · 19 km deep · 80 km away
14. 2.511 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 5, 5:03 AM GMT-10 · 23372 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
15. 2.522 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Oct 4, 3:11 AM GMT-10 · 23373 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
16. 2.613 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Oct 4, 3:07 AM GMT-10 · 23373 days ago · -1 km deep · 59 km away
17. 2.47 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 4, 1:40 AM GMT-10 · 23373 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
18. 3.035 km S of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, Oct 3, 10:31 PM GMT-10 · 23373 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
19. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Oct 3, 3:46 PM GMT-10 · 23373 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
20. 2.28 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Oct 3, 1:19 PM GMT-10 · 23373 days ago · -1 km deep · 14 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19620784. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:17 AM UTC.