Hawaii earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 7 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 7 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Fri, Dec 31, 1971, 3:39 PM HST (01:39 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 6 km S of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1972-01-01 01:39:13 UTC
Depth
1.5 km (1.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.380° N, 155.239° 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, 0.6 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
115°
Stations used
13

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. 1.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.46 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 1.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  4. 1.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  5. 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 1.77 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 1.67 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 1.77 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 1.77 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
  10. 1.77 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
  11. 1.77 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 2.07 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 2.16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 2.25 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 2.37 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  16. 1.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19961 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 4.344 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19960 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 2.010 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19960 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 2.413 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19960 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 2.639 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19960 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  21. 1.815 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19960 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  22. 2.531 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19960 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 2.538 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19960 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 2.214 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19960 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  25. 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19960 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  26. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19960 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  27. 1.814 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19960 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  28. 2.842 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19960 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  29. 2.838 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19959 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
  30. 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19959 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  31. 2.118 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19959 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  32. 2.218 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19959 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  33. 1.919 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19959 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  34. 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19959 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  35. 2.118 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19959 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  36. 2.013 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19958 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  37. 2.215 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19958 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  38. 1.812 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19958 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  39. 2.314 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19957 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  40. 2.119 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19957 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  41. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19957 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  42. 2.934 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19957 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  43. 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19957 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  44. 2.35 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19957 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
  45. 1.78 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19957 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  46. 2.411 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19956 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
  47. 2.313 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19956 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
  48. 3.513 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 19956 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  49. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19956 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  50. 2.011 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19956 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
  51. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19956 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  52. 2.016 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19956 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
  53. 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19956 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  54. 2.419 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19956 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  55. 2.46 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19955 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  56. 2.23 km E of Mountain View, Hawaii · 19955 days ago · 15 km deep · 26 km away
  57. 2.013 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19955 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  58. 1.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19955 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  59. 2.511 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19955 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  60. 2.740 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19955 days ago · 17 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19716898. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:31 PM UTC.