M2.2 earthquake 19 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.2 (ml), micro

Local time

Mon, Mar 20, 1972, 3:18 PM HST

UTC

1972-03-21 01:18:48 UTC

Depth

4.9 km (3.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.406° N, 155.420° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.1 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

200°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

16

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast20 kmWSW
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast50 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast331 kmSE

After

1. 2.534 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 9:30 AM HST · 19899 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
2. 2.013 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 2:01 PM HST · 19898 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
3. 4.012 km SSE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 2:02 PM HST · 19898 days ago · 17 km deep · 50 km away
4. 2.315 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 7:14 PM HST · 19898 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
5. 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 11:40 PM HST · 19898 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
6. 1.815 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Mar 31, 5:15 AM HST · 19898 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
7. 4.516 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Mar 31, 4:20 PM HST · 19897 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
8. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiFri, Mar 31, 6:19 PM HST · 19897 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
9. 2.219 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Mar 31, 6:45 PM HST · 19897 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
10. 3.515 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Mar 31, 6:53 PM HST · 19897 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
11. 2.91 km NNE of Waikoloa, HawaiiFri, Mar 31, 11:10 PM HST · 19897 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
12. 2.17 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 2:11 AM HST · 19897 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
13. 2.07 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 2:39 AM HST · 19897 days ago · 22 km deep · 16 km away
14. 2.217 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 5:01 AM HST · 19897 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
15. 2.537 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 8:25 AM HST · 19897 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
16. 2.735 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 8:29 AM HST · 19897 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
17. 2.536 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 8:58 AM HST · 19897 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
18. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 10:58 AM HST · 19897 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
19. 1.614 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 1:40 PM HST · 19897 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
20. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 2:25 PM HST · 19896 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
21. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 2:58 PM HST · 19896 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
22. 2.728 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 4:36 PM HST · 19896 days ago · 25 km deep · 46 km away
23. 1.615 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 7:19 PM HST · 19896 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
24. 1.919 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 10:31 PM HST · 19896 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
25. 2.84 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Apr 2, 1:27 AM HST · 19896 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
26. 2.017 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 2, 8:40 AM HST · 19896 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
27. 2.526 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Apr 3, 11:57 AM HST · 19895 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
28. 2.2Hawaii region, HawaiiTue, Apr 4, 11:18 PM HST · 19893 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
29. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Apr 5, 10:23 AM HST · 19893 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
30. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Apr 5, 3:17 PM HST · 19892 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
31. 1.815 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 5, 7:23 PM HST · 19892 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
32. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 5, 7:38 PM HST · 19892 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
33. 2.26 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Apr 6, 2:35 AM HST · 19892 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
34. 2.43 km S of Kurtistown, HawaiiThu, Apr 6, 11:31 PM HST · 19891 days ago · 28 km deep · 42 km away
35. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Apr 7, 2:45 AM HST · 19891 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
36. 2.011 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 7, 4:31 AM HST · 19891 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
37. 2.112 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Apr 7, 4:40 AM HST · 19891 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
38. 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 7, 4:41 AM HST · 19891 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
39. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 7, 10:26 AM HST · 19891 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
40. 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 7, 6:41 PM HST · 19890 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
41. 4.014 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 8, 1:03 AM HST · 19890 days ago · 30 km deep · 16 km away
42. 2.817 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 8, 1:49 AM HST · 19890 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away
43. 2.640 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Apr 8, 3:45 AM HST · 19890 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away
44. 3.040 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Apr 8, 4:30 AM HST · 19890 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
45. 2.632 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Apr 8, 5:02 AM HST · 19890 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
46. 2.639 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Apr 8, 5:05 AM HST · 19890 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
47. 3.015 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 8, 8:03 AM HST · 19890 days ago · 32 km deep · 16 km away
48. 2.316 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 8, 9:47 AM HST · 19890 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
49. 2.614 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Apr 8, 7:40 PM HST · 19889 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
50. 3.047 km WSW of Captain Cook, HawaiiSat, Apr 8, 7:55 PM HST · 19889 days ago · 29 km deep · 97 km away
51. 2.114 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 8, 8:08 PM HST · 19889 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
52. 2.414 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 9, 3:32 AM HST · 19889 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
53. 2.615 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 9, 4:42 AM HST · 19889 days ago · 27 km deep · 17 km away
54. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Apr 9, 6:31 AM HST · 19889 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
55. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 9, 8:03 AM HST · 19889 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
56. 3.016 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 9, 11:29 AM HST · 19889 days ago · 34 km deep · 18 km away
57. 2.512 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 9, 3:33 PM HST · 19888 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
58. 2.413 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Apr 9, 4:41 PM HST · 19888 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
59. 2.116 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 9, 6:01 PM HST · 19888 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
60. 2.744 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Apr 9, 11:13 PM HST · 19888 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19720969. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:19 AM UTC.