Hawaii earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 8 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 8 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Oct 18, 1962, 3:19 AM GMT-10 (13:19 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 2 km W of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1962-10-18 13:19:32 UTC
Depth
27.4 km (17.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.377° N, 155.281° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.28
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
139°
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: 151 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.69 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23350 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.422 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23350 days ago · 35 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 2.35 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23350 days ago · 35 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 3.42 km W of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23349 days ago · 14 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.718 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23348 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 2.522 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23348 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 2.525 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23347 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 2.913 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 23347 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 2.411 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23347 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 2.28 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23347 days ago · 26 km deep · 0 km away
  11. 2.116 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23345 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 3.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23344 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 2.319 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23344 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 2.711 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23344 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 2.722 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23344 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 2.48 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23343 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 2.314 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23343 days ago · -1 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 3.416 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23343 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 2.313 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23343 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23342 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  21. 2.420 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23342 days ago · -1 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 2.821 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23341 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  23. 2.323 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23340 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  24. 2.77 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23340 days ago · 32 km deep · 2 km away
  25. 2.616 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23339 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  26. 2.39 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23339 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  27. 1.87 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23339 days ago · 28 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 1.67 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23338 days ago · 32 km deep · 3 km away
  29. 1.710 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23338 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  30. 2.27 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23338 days ago · 27 km deep · 2 km away
  31. 3.711 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23337 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23335 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  33. 2.617 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23335 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
  34. 2.719 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23334 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 2.714 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23334 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 2.429 km SSE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23334 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
  37. 2.117 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23334 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  38. 2.617 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23331 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  39. 2.72 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 23331 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  40. 2.914 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23331 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  41. 2.122 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23331 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  42. 3.010 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23330 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
  43. 2.716 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23330 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
  44. 3.033 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23329 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 2.75 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23329 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  46. 2.614 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23329 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
  47. 2.514 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23329 days ago · -1 km deep · 18 km away
  48. 3.030 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23329 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
  49. 2.38 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23327 days ago · 32 km deep · 3 km away
  50. 2.521 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23326 days ago · -1 km deep · 21 km away
  51. 2.424 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23323 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
  52. 2.37 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23322 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
  53. 2.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23322 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  54. 2.30 km NNW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 23321 days ago · 28 km deep · 27 km away
  55. 2.68 km WNW of Honomu, Hawaii · 23320 days ago · 18 km deep · 58 km away
  56. 2.519 km E of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 23320 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 2.519 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23320 days ago · -1 km deep · 21 km away
  58. 2.017 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23320 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  59. 2.66 km WSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23319 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  60. 2.227 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23319 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of 151.

Before

  1. 2.58 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23350 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 2.322 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23350 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 2.49 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23351 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.013 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23351 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 2.824 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23351 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 2.413 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23352 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 2.652 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23352 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 2.814 km WSW of Puako, Hawaii · 23353 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 3.214 km W of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 23353 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 3.53 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23353 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 3.113 km E of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 23353 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23354 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 1.917 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23354 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 2.213 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23355 days ago · 48 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 2.324 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23357 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23357 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 2.213 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23358 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 3.38 km N of Kukuihaele, Hawaii · 23359 days ago · 31 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 2.712 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23359 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 2.519 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23360 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19620805. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:50 PM UTC.