M2.2 earthquake 5 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.2 (ml), micro

Local time

Sun, Jan 30, 1972, 6:57 AM HST

UTC

1972-01-30 16:57:57 UTC

Depth

2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.391° N, 155.248° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.24

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

97°

Stations used

16

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast6 kmSSW
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast37 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast346 kmSE

After

1. 2.410 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 22, 5:38 PM HST · 19936 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
2. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Feb 23, 4:24 AM HST · 19935 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
3. 2.414 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 23, 5:08 AM HST · 19935 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
4. 2.312 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 23, 5:36 AM HST · 19935 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
5. 2.214 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 23, 5:06 PM HST · 19935 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
6. 2.319 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 23, 8:28 PM HST · 19935 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
7. 2.52 km SW of Waikoloa, HawaiiThu, Feb 24, 5:43 AM HST · 19934 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away
8. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Feb 24, 7:33 AM HST · 19934 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
9. 2.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Feb 24, 1:36 PM HST · 19934 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
10. 2.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Feb 24, 5:22 PM HST · 19934 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
11. 2.19 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 24, 5:43 PM HST · 19934 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
12. 4.06 km ESE of Hawaiian Ocean View, HawaiiThu, Feb 24, 10:49 PM HST · 19934 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
13. 3.045 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Feb 25, 9:02 AM HST · 19933 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
14. 2.49 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Feb 25, 4:58 PM HST · 19933 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
15. 2.535 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Feb 25, 10:07 PM HST · 19933 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
16. 2.312 km W of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Feb 26, 2:00 AM HST · 19932 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
17. 2.29 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 27, 7:02 AM HST · 19931 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
18. 2.215 km NW of Mountain View, HawaiiSun, Feb 27, 7:07 PM HST · 19931 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
19. 2.115 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 27, 9:53 PM HST · 19931 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
20. 2.847 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Feb 28, 10:16 AM HST · 19930 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
21. 2.117 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 28, 11:33 AM HST · 19930 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
22. 2.117 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 28, 1:11 PM HST · 19930 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
23. 2.741 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Feb 28, 6:04 PM HST · 19930 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
24. 2.26 km E of Leilani Estates, HawaiiMon, Feb 28, 7:02 PM HST · 19930 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
25. 3.07 km NW of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Feb 28, 10:47 PM HST · 19930 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
26. 2.39 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 29, 4:21 AM HST · 19929 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
27. 2.221 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 29, 6:13 PM HST · 19929 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
28. 2.310 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 29, 9:14 PM HST · 19929 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
29. 2.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Feb 29, 9:40 PM HST · 19929 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
30. 2.910 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Feb 29, 10:16 PM HST · 19929 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
31. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 1, 4:15 AM HST · 19928 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
32. 2.610 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 1, 3:20 PM HST · 19928 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
33. 2.835 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 2, 6:29 AM HST · 19927 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
34. 2.843 km SSE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 2, 7:57 PM HST · 19927 days ago · 15 km deep · 74 km away
35. 3.817 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, Mar 3, 2:32 AM HST · 19926 days ago · 22 km deep · 74 km away
36. 2.639 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Mar 3, 8:04 AM HST · 19926 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
37. 4.140 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Mar 3, 8:09 AM HST · 19926 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
38. 2.841 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Mar 3, 11:31 AM HST · 19926 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
39. 2.63 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, Mar 3, 11:49 AM HST · 19926 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
40. 2.115 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Mar 4, 4:28 PM HST · 19925 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
41. 2.119 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Mar 4, 4:49 PM HST · 19925 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
42. 2.613 km NNW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Mar 5, 1:45 PM HST · 19924 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
43. 2.18 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Mar 5, 4:05 PM HST · 19924 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
44. 2.718 km SW of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSun, Mar 5, 5:14 PM HST · 19924 days ago · 28 km deep · 61 km away
45. 2.325 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Mar 5, 10:08 PM HST · 19924 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
46. 2.618 km S of Waikoloa, HawaiiMon, Mar 6, 1:34 AM HST · 19923 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
47. 2.635 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Mar 6, 1:36 AM HST · 19923 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
48. 1.912 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Mar 6, 7:27 AM HST · 19923 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
49. 2.3Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Mar 6, 10:34 AM HST · 19923 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
50. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Mar 6, 4:59 PM HST · 19923 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
51. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Mar 6, 5:54 PM HST · 19923 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
52. 2.110 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Mar 6, 6:49 PM HST · 19923 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
53. 2.518 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Mar 7, 7:08 AM HST · 19922 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
54. 2.839 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiTue, Mar 7, 6:07 PM HST · 19922 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
55. 3.238 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Mar 8, 12:07 AM HST · 19922 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
56. 2.315 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 8, 1:53 AM HST · 19921 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
57. 2.115 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 8, 1:54 AM HST · 19921 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
58. 2.334 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Mar 8, 6:25 AM HST · 19921 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
59. 3.649 km SSE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Mar 8, 7:11 AM HST · 19921 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
60. 2.635 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Mar 8, 7:45 AM HST · 19921 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19720606. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:41 PM UTC.