Hawaii earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 13 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 13 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Oct 13, 1962, 4:12 AM GMT-10 (14:12 UTC), 48 km (30 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 15 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

Volcano forecastMore in Hawaii

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1962-10-13 14:12:47 UTC
Depth
47.9 km (29.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.546° N, 155.302° 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 3.4 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.29
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
173°
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: 145 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.917 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23353 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23353 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 3.113 km E of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 23353 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 3.53 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23353 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 3.214 km W of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 23353 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 4.213 km SW of H?w?, Hawaii · 23352 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 2.814 km WSW of Puako, Hawaii · 23352 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 2.652 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23352 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.413 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23352 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 2.824 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23351 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 2.013 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23351 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 2.49 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23351 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 2.322 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23350 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 2.58 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23350 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.78 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23350 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 2.69 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23350 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 2.422 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23350 days ago · 35 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 2.35 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23349 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 3.42 km W of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23349 days ago · 14 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 2.718 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23348 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 2.522 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23348 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  22. 2.525 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23347 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 2.913 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 23347 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 2.411 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23346 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
  25. 2.28 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23346 days ago · 26 km deep · 18 km away
  26. 2.116 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23344 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  27. 3.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23344 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  28. 2.319 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23344 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  29. 2.711 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23344 days ago · 28 km deep · 24 km away
  30. 2.722 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23343 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
  31. 2.48 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23343 days ago · 28 km deep · 21 km away
  32. 2.314 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23343 days ago · -1 km deep · 28 km away
  33. 3.416 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23343 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  34. 2.313 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23342 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
  35. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23342 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  36. 2.420 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23342 days ago · -1 km deep · 22 km away
  37. 2.821 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23341 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  38. 2.323 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23340 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  39. 2.77 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23339 days ago · 32 km deep · 19 km away
  40. 2.616 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23339 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
  41. 2.39 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23339 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  42. 1.87 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23339 days ago · 28 km deep · 36 km away
  43. 1.67 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23338 days ago · 32 km deep · 19 km away
  44. 1.710 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23338 days ago · 26 km deep · 22 km away
  45. 2.27 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23338 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
  46. 3.711 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23336 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  47. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23335 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  48. 2.617 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23335 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
  49. 2.719 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23334 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  50. 2.714 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23334 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  51. 2.429 km SSE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23334 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
  52. 2.117 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23334 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  53. 2.617 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23331 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  54. 2.72 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 23331 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  55. 2.914 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23331 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
  56. 2.122 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23331 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  57. 3.010 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23330 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
  58. 2.716 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23330 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
  59. 3.033 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23329 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  60. 2.75 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23329 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away

The first 60 of 145.

Before

  1. 2.324 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23357 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23357 days ago · 29 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 2.213 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23358 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 3.38 km N of Kukuihaele, Hawaii · 23359 days ago · 31 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.712 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23359 days ago · 25 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 2.519 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23360 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23360 days ago · 22 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 2.39 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23360 days ago · 17 km deep · 29 km away
  9. 3.014 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23360 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 2.410 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23360 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 2.39 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23360 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 3.06 km W of Kahaluu-Keauhou, Hawaii · 23361 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 1.710 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23361 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 1.78 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23361 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 3.344 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23361 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 3.626 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23361 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 2.615 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23361 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 3.02 km SE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 23362 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 2.511 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23363 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 2.522 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23364 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away

Earthquakes todayHawaii earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19620789. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:18 AM UTC.