Hawaii earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 7 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 7 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Nov 14, 1962, 8:28 PM GMT-10 (06:28 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 13 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1962-11-15 06:28:28 UTC
Depth
16.7 km (10.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.417° N, 155.295° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
86°
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: 179 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23322 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 2.30 km NNW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 23321 days ago · 28 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 2.719 km NW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 23320 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 2.68 km WNW of Honomu, Hawaii · 23320 days ago · 18 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.519 km E of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 23320 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.519 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23320 days ago · -1 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 2.017 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23319 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 2.66 km WSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23319 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 2.227 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23318 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 2.711 km SSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 23318 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.220 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23317 days ago · -1 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 3.711 km NNW of Puako, Hawaii · 23317 days ago · 23 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 2.220 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23317 days ago · -1 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 2.813 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23316 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 3.715 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23316 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 3.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23316 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 3.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23315 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 4.010 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23315 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 4.316 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23315 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 2.324 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23314 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 2.619 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23314 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  22. 2.918 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23314 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  23. 2.314 km S of Fern Forest, HI · 23314 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  24. 2.317 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23313 days ago · 45 km deep · 36 km away
  25. 2.512 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23312 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  26. 2.37 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23312 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  27. 3.43 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23311 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
  28. 2.417 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23307 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  29. 2.98 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23306 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
  30. 2.429 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23306 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  31. 2.313 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23305 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
  32. 2.69 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23305 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  33. 3.022 km N of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23304 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
  34. 2.613 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23304 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  35. 2.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23304 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
  36. 2.317 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23303 days ago · 31 km deep · 15 km away
  37. 2.310 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23302 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
  38. 2.221 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23302 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
  39. 2.529 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23300 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
  40. 2.515 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23300 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  41. 2.58 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23300 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
  42. 3.010 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23300 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
  43. 3.022 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23300 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  44. 3.117 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23300 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  45. 3.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23300 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
  46. 2.412 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23300 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  47. 2.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23300 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  48. 2.710 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23300 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away
  49. 2.511 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23300 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  50. 2.88 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23300 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
  51. 2.622 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23299 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
  52. 2.613 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23299 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  53. 2.66 km SE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23299 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  54. 2.48 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23299 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  55. 2.524 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23299 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
  56. 2.518 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23299 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  57. 2.326 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23299 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  58. 2.613 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23299 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  59. 2.327 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23299 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
  60. 2.816 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23299 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away

The first 60 of 179.

Before

  1. 2.424 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23323 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 2.521 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23326 days ago · -1 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 2.38 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23327 days ago · 32 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 3.030 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23329 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 2.514 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23329 days ago · -1 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 2.614 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23329 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 2.75 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23329 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 3.033 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23329 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.716 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23330 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 3.010 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23330 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 2.122 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23331 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 2.914 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23331 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 2.72 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 23331 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 2.617 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23331 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 2.117 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23334 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 2.429 km SSE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23334 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 2.714 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23334 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 2.719 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23334 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 2.617 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23335 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23335 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19620857. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC.