M2.2 earthquake 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Dec 28, 1971, 10:09 AM HST (20:09 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 7 km S of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1971-12-28 20:09:13 UTC
- Depth
- 1.1 km (0.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.417° N, 155.265° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 106°
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.77 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.37 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.07 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.28 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.06 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.86 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.66 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.46 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.77 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.67 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.77 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.77 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.77 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.77 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.07 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.25 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.37 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
- 4.344 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19960 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.010 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19960 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.413 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19960 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.639 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19960 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.815 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19960 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.531 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19960 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.538 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19960 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.214 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19960 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19960 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19960 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.814 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19960 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.842 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19960 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.838 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19959 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19959 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.118 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19959 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.218 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19959 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.919 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19959 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19959 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.118 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19958 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.013 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19958 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.215 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19958 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19958 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.314 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19957 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.119 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19957 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19957 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.934 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19957 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19956 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.35 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19956 days ago · 16 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.78 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19956 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.411 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19956 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.313 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19956 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.513 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 19956 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19956 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.011 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19956 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
The first 60 of 200.
Earthquakes todayHawaii earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19716716. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:21 PM UTC.