Hawaii earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 6 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 6 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Dec 3, 1962, 7:30 AM GMT-10 (17:30 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 10 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1962-12-03 17:30:55 UTC
Depth
15.2 km (9.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.390° N, 155.269° 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, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.27
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
93°
Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 168 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.317 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23303 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 2.310 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23302 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.221 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23302 days ago · -1 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 2.529 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23300 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 2.515 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23300 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 2.58 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23300 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 3.010 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23300 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 3.022 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23300 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 3.117 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23300 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 3.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23300 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 2.412 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23300 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 2.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23300 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 2.710 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23300 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 2.511 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23299 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 2.88 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23299 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 2.622 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23299 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 2.613 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23299 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 2.66 km SE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23299 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 2.48 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23299 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 2.524 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23299 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
  21. 2.518 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23299 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 2.326 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23299 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  23. 2.613 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23299 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  24. 2.327 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23299 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
  25. 2.816 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23299 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  26. 2.46 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23298 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  27. 2.415 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23298 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
  28. 2.613 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23298 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  29. 2.510 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23298 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
  30. 2.423 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23298 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  31. 2.511 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23298 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  32. 3.021 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23298 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
  33. 2.25 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23298 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  34. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23298 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  35. 2.013 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 23297 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
  36. 2.112 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23297 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
  37. 2.112 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 23296 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  38. 2.33 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23296 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
  39. 2.247 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23296 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  40. 2.723 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23296 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  41. 1.816 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 23295 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  42. 2.814 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 23295 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  43. 3.022 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23295 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  44. 2.321 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23294 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  45. 2.77 km SSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23294 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
  46. 2.717 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23294 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  47. 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23294 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  48. 3.414 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23293 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  49. 2.411 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 23293 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  50. 4.18 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23293 days ago · 31 km deep · 2 km away
  51. 2.922 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23293 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  52. 3.024 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23292 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
  53. 2.18 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23292 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  54. 2.425 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23292 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
  55. 1.914 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23292 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  56. 3.120 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23292 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
  57. 2.53 km ENE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23291 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  58. 2.911 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23291 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
  59. 2.85 km WNW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23291 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  60. 2.63 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23291 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away

The first 60 of 168.

Before

  1. 2.613 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23304 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 3.022 km N of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23304 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 2.69 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23305 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 2.313 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23305 days ago · 28 km deep · 9 km away
  5. 2.429 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23306 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 2.98 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23306 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.417 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23307 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 3.43 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23311 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 2.37 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23312 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 2.512 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23312 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 2.317 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23313 days ago · 45 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 2.314 km S of Fern Forest, HI · 23314 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 2.918 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23314 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 2.619 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23314 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 2.324 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23314 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 4.316 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23315 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 4.010 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23315 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 3.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23315 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 3.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23316 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 3.715 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23316 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19620893. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:44 AM UTC.