M1.7 earthquake 7 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.7 (ml), micro

Local time

Sat, Jan 22, 1972, 2:26 AM HST

UTC

1972-01-22 12:26:15 UTC

Depth

1.9 km (1.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.378° N, 155.237° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

119°

Stations used

11

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast7 kmS
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast37 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast347 kmSE

After

1. 2.518 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Feb 8, 11:18 PM HST · 19949 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
2. 2.318 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Feb 8, 11:20 PM HST · 19949 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
3. 2.529 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiTue, Feb 8, 11:27 PM HST · 19949 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
4. 2.641 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiTue, Feb 8, 11:29 PM HST · 19949 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
5. 2.637 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiTue, Feb 8, 11:30 PM HST · 19949 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
6. 2.6Hawaii region, HawaiiTue, Feb 8, 11:35 PM HST · 19949 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
7. 2.537 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Feb 9, 12:28 AM HST · 19949 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
8. 2.118 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Feb 9, 2:54 AM HST · 19949 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
9. 2.23 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Feb 9, 3:06 AM HST · 19949 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
10. 2.823 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Feb 9, 4:51 AM HST · 19949 days ago · 42 km deep · 18 km away
11. 2.639 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Feb 9, 6:03 AM HST · 19949 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
12. 2.530 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Feb 9, 7:03 AM HST · 19949 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
13. 2.835 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Feb 9, 6:54 PM HST · 19948 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
14. 2.640 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Feb 10, 3:13 AM HST · 19948 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
15. 2.522 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Feb 10, 1:00 PM HST · 19948 days ago · 53 km deep · 23 km away
16. 2.639 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Feb 10, 5:01 PM HST · 19947 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
17. 2.822 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Feb 10, 11:17 PM HST · 19947 days ago · 45 km deep · 18 km away
18. 2.537 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Feb 11, 4:53 AM HST · 19947 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
19. 2.718 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Feb 11, 7:51 AM HST · 19947 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away
20. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Feb 11, 11:31 AM HST · 19947 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
21. 2.317 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Feb 12, 9:38 AM HST · 19946 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
22. 2.410 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 12, 6:18 PM HST · 19945 days ago · 34 km deep · 6 km away
23. 1.921 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Feb 12, 10:40 PM HST · 19945 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
24. 2.732 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Feb 12, 11:28 PM HST · 19945 days ago · 39 km deep · 40 km away
25. 2.426 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Feb 13, 12:26 PM HST · 19945 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
26. 2.815 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Feb 13, 5:55 PM HST · 19944 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
27. 2.53 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Feb 14, 4:10 AM HST · 19944 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
28. 2.643 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiTue, Feb 15, 3:07 AM HST · 19943 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
29. 2.441 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiTue, Feb 15, 3:18 AM HST · 19943 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
30. 2.415 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 15, 4:00 PM HST · 19942 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
31. 2.337 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiTue, Feb 15, 4:36 PM HST · 19942 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
32. 2.321 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 15, 10:11 PM HST · 19942 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
33. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Feb 15, 11:02 PM HST · 19942 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
34. 1.815 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 16, 2:51 AM HST · 19942 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
35. 1.815 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 16, 3:52 AM HST · 19942 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
36. 3.320 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Feb 16, 6:05 AM HST · 19942 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
37. 3.738 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Feb 16, 11:14 AM HST · 19942 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
38. 2.845 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Feb 17, 12:40 AM HST · 19941 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
39. 2.835 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Feb 17, 12:41 PM HST · 19941 days ago · 16 km deep · 58 km away
40. 4.220 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Feb 17, 1:17 PM HST · 19941 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
41. 2.619 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 17, 4:42 PM HST · 19940 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
42. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Feb 17, 6:35 PM HST · 19940 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
43. 2.419 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Feb 17, 8:29 PM HST · 19940 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
44. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Feb 18, 2:15 AM HST · 19940 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
45. 3.539 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Feb 18, 4:28 AM HST · 19940 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
46. 2.842 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Feb 18, 4:34 AM HST · 19940 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
47. 3.38 km NNE of Waikoloa, HawaiiFri, Feb 18, 9:52 AM HST · 19940 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
48. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 19, 7:23 AM HST · 19939 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
49. 2.835 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Feb 19, 8:29 PM HST · 19938 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
50. 3.219 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Feb 20, 12:43 AM HST · 19938 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
51. 2.313 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Feb 20, 3:06 AM HST · 19938 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
52. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 20, 8:36 AM HST · 19938 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
53. 2.812 km WSW of Kahaluu-Keauhou, HawaiiSun, Feb 20, 9:16 AM HST · 19938 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
54. 2.014 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 20, 10:18 AM HST · 19938 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
55. 2.916 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Feb 20, 10:40 AM HST · 19938 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
56. 2.210 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 20, 12:06 PM HST · 19938 days ago · 27 km deep · 3 km away
57. 4.041 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Feb 21, 1:03 AM HST · 19937 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
58. 2.533 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Feb 21, 1:40 AM HST · 19937 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
59. 2.843 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Feb 21, 8:13 AM HST · 19937 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
60. 2.738 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Feb 21, 8:38 AM HST · 19937 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away

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