M1.9 earthquake 12 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.9 (ml), micro

Local time

Wed, Mar 15, 1972, 9:48 AM HST

UTC

1972-03-15 19:48:43 UTC

Depth

5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.333° N, 155.215° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.7 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

157°

Stations used

18

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast12 kmS
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast38 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast352 kmSE

After

1. 2.828 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Mar 29, 7:55 PM HST · 19899 days ago · 45 km deep · 32 km away
2. 2.625 km E of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Mar 29, 8:05 PM HST · 19899 days ago · 47 km deep · 15 km away
3. 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 12:06 AM HST · 19899 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
4. 2.536 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 1:15 AM HST · 19899 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
5. 3.234 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 1:29 AM HST · 19899 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
6. 2.639 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 1:32 AM HST · 19899 days ago · 15 km deep · 57 km away
7. 2.944 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 1:48 AM HST · 19899 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
8. 2.517 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 1:49 AM HST · 19899 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
9. 3.436 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 1:58 AM HST · 19899 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
10. 2.729 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 2:01 AM HST · 19899 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
11. 2.832 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 2:13 AM HST · 19899 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
12. 2.738 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 2:17 AM HST · 19899 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
13. 2.834 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 2:40 AM HST · 19899 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
14. 2.536 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 3:07 AM HST · 19899 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
15. 2.834 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 3:52 AM HST · 19899 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
16. 2.59 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 4:37 AM HST · 19899 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
17. 2.32 km E of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 4:51 AM HST · 19899 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
18. 2.535 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 7:31 AM HST · 19899 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
19. 2.534 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 8:53 AM HST · 19899 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
20. 2.534 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 9:30 AM HST · 19899 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
21. 2.013 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 2:01 PM HST · 19898 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
22. 4.012 km SSE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 2:02 PM HST · 19898 days ago · 17 km deep · 51 km away
23. 2.315 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 7:14 PM HST · 19898 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
24. 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 11:40 PM HST · 19898 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
25. 1.815 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Mar 31, 5:15 AM HST · 19898 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
26. 4.516 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Mar 31, 4:20 PM HST · 19897 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
27. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiFri, Mar 31, 6:19 PM HST · 19897 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
28. 2.219 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Mar 31, 6:45 PM HST · 19897 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
29. 3.515 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Mar 31, 6:53 PM HST · 19897 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
30. 2.91 km NNE of Waikoloa, HawaiiFri, Mar 31, 11:10 PM HST · 19897 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
31. 2.17 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 2:11 AM HST · 19897 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
32. 2.07 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 2:39 AM HST · 19897 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
33. 2.217 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 5:01 AM HST · 19897 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
34. 2.537 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 8:25 AM HST · 19897 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
35. 2.735 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 8:29 AM HST · 19897 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
36. 2.536 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 8:58 AM HST · 19897 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
37. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 10:58 AM HST · 19897 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
38. 1.614 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 1:40 PM HST · 19897 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
39. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 2:25 PM HST · 19896 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
40. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 2:58 PM HST · 19896 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
41. 2.728 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 4:36 PM HST · 19896 days ago · 25 km deep · 37 km away
42. 1.615 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 7:19 PM HST · 19896 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
43. 1.919 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 10:31 PM HST · 19896 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
44. 2.84 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Apr 2, 1:27 AM HST · 19896 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
45. 2.017 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 2, 8:40 AM HST · 19896 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
46. 2.526 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Apr 3, 11:57 AM HST · 19895 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
47. 2.2Hawaii region, HawaiiTue, Apr 4, 11:18 PM HST · 19893 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
48. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Apr 5, 10:23 AM HST · 19893 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
49. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Apr 5, 3:17 PM HST · 19892 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
50. 1.815 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 5, 7:23 PM HST · 19892 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
51. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 5, 7:38 PM HST · 19892 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
52. 2.26 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Apr 6, 2:35 AM HST · 19892 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
53. 2.43 km S of Kurtistown, HawaiiThu, Apr 6, 11:31 PM HST · 19891 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
54. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Apr 7, 2:45 AM HST · 19891 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
55. 2.011 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 7, 4:31 AM HST · 19891 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
56. 2.112 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Apr 7, 4:40 AM HST · 19891 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
57. 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 7, 4:41 AM HST · 19891 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
58. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 7, 10:26 AM HST · 19891 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
59. 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 7, 6:41 PM HST · 19890 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
60. 4.014 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 8, 1:03 AM HST · 19890 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19720922. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:20 AM UTC.