M2.3 earthquake 17 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.3 (ml), micro

Local time

Mon, Jan 3, 1972, 9:04 PM HST

UTC

1972-01-04 07:04:28 UTC

Depth

7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.288° N, 155.233° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.1 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

205°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

21

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast17 kmS
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast44 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast354 kmSE

After

1. 2.718 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 3, 9:36 PM HST · 19994 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
2. 2.021 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 3, 9:47 PM HST · 19994 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
3. 2.018 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 3, 9:49 PM HST · 19994 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
4. 2.33 km NW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 3, 9:59 PM HST · 19994 days ago · 29 km deep · 20 km away
5. 2.935 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Jan 3, 10:22 PM HST · 19994 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
6. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Jan 3, 10:39 PM HST · 19994 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
7. 2.013 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 3, 10:40 PM HST · 19994 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
8. 2.013 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 3, 11:12 PM HST · 19994 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
9. 2.013 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 3, 11:40 PM HST · 19994 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
10. 1.77 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 3, 11:56 PM HST · 19994 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
11. 2.018 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 3, 11:59 PM HST · 19994 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
12. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 4, 2:18 AM HST · 19993 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
13. 2.416 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Jan 4, 5:37 AM HST · 19993 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
14. 3.039 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiTue, Jan 4, 5:43 AM HST · 19993 days ago · 17 km deep · 46 km away
15. 2.414 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 4, 7:00 AM HST · 19993 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
16. 1.66 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 4, 7:08 AM HST · 19993 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
17. 2.61 km E of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 4, 11:36 AM HST · 19993 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
18. 2.07 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 4, 12:08 PM HST · 19993 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
19. 2.021 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 4, 5:50 PM HST · 19993 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
20. 2.425 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiTue, Jan 4, 8:40 PM HST · 19993 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
21. 2.329 km E of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 5, 12:37 AM HST · 19993 days ago · 25 km deep · 14 km away
22. 2.823 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, Jan 5, 1:36 AM HST · 19993 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
23. 2.225 km ESE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 5, 2:06 AM HST · 19992 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
24. 2.723 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, Jan 5, 3:01 AM HST · 19992 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
25. 2.023 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 5, 3:08 AM HST · 19992 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
26. 2.013 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 5, 5:35 AM HST · 19992 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
27. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 5, 9:02 AM HST · 19992 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
28. 2.641 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Jan 5, 11:25 AM HST · 19992 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
29. 2.218 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 5, 10:57 PM HST · 19992 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
30. 2.014 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 6, 12:09 AM HST · 19992 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
31. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Jan 6, 4:44 PM HST · 19991 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
32. 3.035 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Jan 6, 11:09 PM HST · 19991 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
33. 2.119 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 7, 1:49 AM HST · 19990 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
34. 2.639 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Jan 7, 2:16 AM HST · 19990 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
35. 2.020 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 8, 2:20 AM HST · 19989 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
36. 2.38 km NNE of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiSat, Jan 8, 8:30 AM HST · 19989 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
37. 2.314 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jan 8, 9:52 AM HST · 19989 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
38. 3.043 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Jan 8, 1:49 PM HST · 19989 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
39. 2.021 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 8, 2:13 PM HST · 19989 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
40. 2.80 km NNE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 8, 3:27 PM HST · 19989 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
41. 2.542 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Jan 8, 4:32 PM HST · 19989 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
42. 2.30 km NNE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 8, 4:34 PM HST · 19989 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
43. 1.917 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 8, 8:15 PM HST · 19989 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
44. 3.443 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jan 9, 8:00 AM HST · 19988 days ago · 35 km deep · 41 km away
45. 2.543 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jan 9, 8:05 AM HST · 19988 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
46. 1.94 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 9, 3:32 PM HST · 19988 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
47. 1.75 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 9, 3:38 PM HST · 19988 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
48. 1.55 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 9, 5:30 PM HST · 19988 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
49. 3.55 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 9, 7:00 PM HST · 19988 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
50. 2.426 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Jan 9, 8:11 PM HST · 19988 days ago · 16 km deep · 40 km away
51. 1.73 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 10, 12:02 AM HST · 19988 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
52. 1.85 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 10, 2:17 AM HST · 19987 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
53. 1.85 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 10, 2:22 AM HST · 19987 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
54. 2.66 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 10, 3:09 AM HST · 19987 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
55. 1.75 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 10, 3:28 AM HST · 19987 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
56. 2.316 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 10, 6:21 AM HST · 19987 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
57. 1.55 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 10, 6:32 AM HST · 19987 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
58. 2.728 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 10, 7:36 AM HST · 19987 days ago · 42 km deep · 22 km away
59. 2.25 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 10, 9:56 AM HST · 19987 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
60. 4.1Hawaii region, HawaiiMon, Jan 10, 2:47 PM HST · 19987 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

1. 2.614 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 3, 5:51 PM HST · 19994 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
2. 2.930 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 3, 2:31 PM HST · 19994 days ago · 43 km deep · 21 km away
3. 2.639 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Jan 3, 12:46 PM HST · 19994 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
4. 2.744 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Jan 3, 12:19 PM HST · 19994 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
5. 2.114 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 3, 10:50 AM HST · 19994 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
6. 2.224 km ESE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 3, 9:43 AM HST · 19994 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
7. 2.421 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Jan 3, 7:51 AM HST · 19994 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
8. 2.011 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 3, 7:16 AM HST · 19994 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
9. 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 3, 4:51 AM HST · 19994 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
10. 2.520 km SE of Waikoloa, HawaiiMon, Jan 3, 3:35 AM HST · 19994 days ago · 16 km deep · 72 km away
11. 2.014 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 3, 2:55 AM HST · 19994 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
12. 1.96 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 2, 11:11 PM HST · 19995 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
13. 2.021 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 2, 9:35 PM HST · 19995 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
14. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 2, 9:33 PM HST · 19995 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
15. 2.315 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 2, 9:30 PM HST · 19995 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
16. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 2, 7:55 PM HST · 19995 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
17. 2.021 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jan 2, 6:34 PM HST · 19995 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
18. 2.014 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jan 2, 5:25 PM HST · 19995 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
19. 1.96 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 2, 3:46 PM HST · 19995 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
20. 2.538 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Jan 2, 2:20 PM HST · 19995 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19720049. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:07 PM UTC.