M2.0 earthquake 15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.0 (ml), micro

Local time

Wed, Mar 29, 1972, 3:44 AM HST

UTC

1972-03-29 13:44:26 UTC

Depth

6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.308° N, 155.209° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.1 km horizontally, 2.7 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

181°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

13

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast15 kmS
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast40 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast355 kmSE

After

1. 1.97 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 29, 6:27 AM HST · 19908 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
2. 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Mar 29, 8:21 AM HST · 19908 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
3. 2.524 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 29, 9:14 AM HST · 19908 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
4. 2.433 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Mar 29, 9:16 AM HST · 19908 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
5. 2.523 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 29, 9:16 AM HST · 19908 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
6. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 29, 9:46 AM HST · 19908 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
7. 2.026 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 29, 10:12 AM HST · 19908 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
8. 2.514 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Mar 29, 1:43 PM HST · 19908 days ago · 31 km deep · 30 km away
9. 2.414 km S of Honoka‘a, HawaiiWed, Mar 29, 3:58 PM HST · 19908 days ago · 40 km deep · 77 km away
10. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 29, 4:41 PM HST · 19908 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
11. 2.828 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Mar 29, 7:55 PM HST · 19908 days ago · 45 km deep · 30 km away
12. 2.625 km E of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Mar 29, 8:05 PM HST · 19908 days ago · 47 km deep · 12 km away
13. 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 12:06 AM HST · 19908 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
14. 2.536 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 1:15 AM HST · 19908 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
15. 3.234 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 1:29 AM HST · 19908 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
16. 2.639 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 1:32 AM HST · 19908 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
17. 2.944 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 1:48 AM HST · 19908 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
18. 2.517 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 1:49 AM HST · 19908 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
19. 3.436 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 1:58 AM HST · 19907 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
20. 2.729 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 2:01 AM HST · 19907 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
21. 2.832 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 2:13 AM HST · 19907 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
22. 2.738 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 2:17 AM HST · 19907 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
23. 2.834 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 2:40 AM HST · 19907 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
24. 2.536 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 3:07 AM HST · 19907 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
25. 2.834 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 3:52 AM HST · 19907 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
26. 2.59 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 4:37 AM HST · 19907 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
27. 2.32 km E of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 4:51 AM HST · 19907 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
28. 2.535 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 7:31 AM HST · 19907 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
29. 2.534 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 8:53 AM HST · 19907 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
30. 2.534 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 9:30 AM HST · 19907 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
31. 2.013 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 2:01 PM HST · 19907 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
32. 4.012 km SSE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 2:02 PM HST · 19907 days ago · 17 km deep · 49 km away
33. 2.315 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 7:14 PM HST · 19907 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
34. 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 30, 11:40 PM HST · 19907 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
35. 1.815 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Mar 31, 5:15 AM HST · 19906 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
36. 4.516 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Mar 31, 4:20 PM HST · 19906 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
37. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiFri, Mar 31, 6:19 PM HST · 19906 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
38. 2.219 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Mar 31, 6:45 PM HST · 19906 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
39. 3.515 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Mar 31, 6:53 PM HST · 19906 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
40. 2.91 km NNE of Waikoloa, HawaiiFri, Mar 31, 11:10 PM HST · 19906 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
41. 2.17 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 2:11 AM HST · 19905 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
42. 2.07 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 2:39 AM HST · 19905 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
43. 2.217 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 5:01 AM HST · 19905 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
44. 2.537 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 8:25 AM HST · 19905 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
45. 2.735 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 8:29 AM HST · 19905 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
46. 2.536 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 8:58 AM HST · 19905 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
47. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 10:58 AM HST · 19905 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
48. 1.614 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 1:40 PM HST · 19905 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
49. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 2:25 PM HST · 19905 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
50. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 2:58 PM HST · 19905 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
51. 2.728 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 4:36 PM HST · 19905 days ago · 25 km deep · 34 km away
52. 1.615 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 7:19 PM HST · 19905 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
53. 1.919 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 10:31 PM HST · 19905 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
54. 2.84 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Apr 2, 1:27 AM HST · 19905 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
55. 2.017 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 2, 8:40 AM HST · 19904 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
56. 2.526 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Apr 3, 11:57 AM HST · 19903 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
57. 2.2Hawaii region, HawaiiTue, Apr 4, 11:18 PM HST · 19902 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
58. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Apr 5, 10:23 AM HST · 19901 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
59. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Apr 5, 3:17 PM HST · 19901 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
60. 1.815 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 5, 7:23 PM HST · 19901 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

1. 2.06 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 29, 3:18 AM HST · 19908 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
2. 2.949 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Mar 29, 1:20 AM HST · 19909 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
3. 2.411 km SE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 29, 12:02 AM HST · 19909 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
4. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Mar 28, 11:18 PM HST · 19909 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
5. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Mar 28, 12:27 PM HST · 19909 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
6. 2.05 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Mar 28, 7:28 AM HST · 19909 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
7. 1.812 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Mar 28, 4:23 AM HST · 19909 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
8. 2.633 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Mar 27, 10:47 PM HST · 19910 days ago · 49 km deep · 19 km away
9. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Mar 27, 2:31 PM HST · 19910 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
10. 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Mar 27, 9:56 AM HST · 19910 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
11. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Mar 27, 12:59 AM HST · 19911 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
12. 2.632 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Mar 26, 2:54 PM HST · 19911 days ago · 13 km deep · 45 km away
13. 2.533 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Mar 26, 11:23 AM HST · 19911 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
14. 2.329 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Mar 26, 12:31 AM HST · 19912 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
15. 3.733 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Mar 25, 10:09 PM HST · 19912 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
16. 3.012 km SSW of Honoka‘a, HawaiiSat, Mar 25, 10:37 AM HST · 19912 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
17. 2.111 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Mar 25, 6:45 AM HST · 19912 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
18. 2.016 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Mar 25, 3:56 AM HST · 19912 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
19. 2.014 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Mar 25, 3:35 AM HST · 19912 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
20. 2.537 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Mar 25, 12:59 AM HST · 19913 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19721049. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:21 PM UTC.