M2.5 earthquake 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.5 (ml), micro

Local time

Tue, Feb 8, 1972, 1:42 AM HST

UTC

1972-02-08 11:42:40 UTC

Depth

7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.340° N, 155.192° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.7 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.07

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

155°

Stations used

23

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast12 kmSSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast36 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast354 kmSE

After

1. 2.718 km SW of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSun, Mar 5, 5:14 PM HST · 19924 days ago · 28 km deep · 69 km away
2. 2.325 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Mar 5, 10:08 PM HST · 19924 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
3. 2.618 km S of Waikoloa, HawaiiMon, Mar 6, 1:34 AM HST · 19923 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
4. 2.635 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Mar 6, 1:36 AM HST · 19923 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
5. 1.912 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Mar 6, 7:27 AM HST · 19923 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
6. 2.3Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Mar 6, 10:34 AM HST · 19923 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
7. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Mar 6, 4:59 PM HST · 19923 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
8. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Mar 6, 5:54 PM HST · 19923 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
9. 2.110 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Mar 6, 6:49 PM HST · 19923 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
10. 2.518 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Mar 7, 7:08 AM HST · 19922 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
11. 2.839 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiTue, Mar 7, 6:07 PM HST · 19922 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
12. 3.238 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Mar 8, 12:07 AM HST · 19922 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
13. 2.315 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 8, 1:53 AM HST · 19921 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
14. 2.115 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 8, 1:54 AM HST · 19921 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
15. 2.334 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Mar 8, 6:25 AM HST · 19921 days ago · 14 km deep · 46 km away
16. 3.649 km SSE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Mar 8, 7:11 AM HST · 19921 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
17. 2.635 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Mar 8, 7:45 AM HST · 19921 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
18. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 8, 9:08 AM HST · 19921 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
19. 2.846 km SSE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Mar 8, 4:50 PM HST · 19921 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
20. 2.523 km SSE of Waimea, HawaiiWed, Mar 8, 7:03 PM HST · 19921 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
21. 2.115 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 8, 9:06 PM HST · 19921 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
22. 1.920 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Mar 8, 9:27 PM HST · 19921 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
23. 2.013 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Mar 8, 11:52 PM HST · 19921 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
24. 3.637 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 9, 3:11 AM HST · 19920 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
25. 2.737 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 9, 3:38 AM HST · 19920 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
26. 2.537 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 9, 6:13 AM HST · 19920 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
27. 2.823 km E of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Mar 9, 9:09 AM HST · 19920 days ago · 49 km deep · 19 km away
28. 2.535 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 9, 3:53 PM HST · 19920 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
29. 2.415 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 9, 9:53 PM HST · 19920 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
30. 4.118 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, Mar 10, 3:13 AM HST · 19919 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
31. 2.538 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Mar 10, 4:17 AM HST · 19919 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
32. 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Mar 10, 6:11 AM HST · 19919 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
33. 2.534 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Mar 10, 4:05 PM HST · 19919 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
34. 2.216 km SW of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiFri, Mar 10, 6:16 PM HST · 19919 days ago · 22 km deep · 70 km away
35. 2.917 km S of Waikoloa, HawaiiSat, Mar 11, 2:48 AM HST · 19918 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
36. 2.417 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSat, Mar 11, 8:02 AM HST · 19918 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
37. 1.920 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Mar 11, 8:47 AM HST · 19918 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
38. 2.017 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Mar 11, 9:24 PM HST · 19918 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
39. 2.412 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, HawaiiSun, Mar 12, 5:51 AM HST · 19917 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
40. 1.913 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Mar 12, 8:40 AM HST · 19917 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
41. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Mar 12, 9:32 AM HST · 19917 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
42. 1.918 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Mar 12, 10:55 AM HST · 19917 days ago · -1 km deep · 25 km away
43. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Mar 12, 12:16 PM HST · 19917 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
44. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Mar 12, 5:04 PM HST · 19917 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
45. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Mar 12, 6:19 PM HST · 19917 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
46. 3.343 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Mar 12, 7:58 PM HST · 19917 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
47. 2.718 km SE of Waimea, HawaiiSun, Mar 12, 8:51 PM HST · 19917 days ago · 25 km deep · 73 km away
48. 2.113 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Mar 12, 9:14 PM HST · 19917 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
49. 1.816 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Mar 12, 11:29 PM HST · 19917 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
50. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Mar 13, 2:16 AM HST · 19916 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
51. 2.416 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Mar 13, 2:34 AM HST · 19916 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
52. 2.45 km SW of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Mar 13, 4:47 AM HST · 19916 days ago · 30 km deep · 39 km away
53. 2.024 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Mar 13, 9:48 AM HST · 19916 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
54. 1.8Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Mar 13, 8:16 PM HST · 19916 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
55. 2.012 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Mar 13, 9:48 PM HST · 19916 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
56. 2.21 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Mar 14, 12:42 AM HST · 19915 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
57. 2.521 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiTue, Mar 14, 2:10 AM HST · 19915 days ago · 16 km deep · 43 km away
58. 2.820 km SE of Waikoloa, HawaiiTue, Mar 14, 11:08 AM HST · 19915 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
59. 2.015 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Mar 14, 4:43 PM HST · 19915 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
60. 2.115 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Mar 14, 5:13 PM HST · 19915 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19720707. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:39 PM UTC.