M3.0 earthquake 16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Sun, Apr 9, 1972, 11:29 AM HST

UTC

1972-04-09 21:29:17 UTC

Depth

33.7 km (21.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.305° N, 155.281° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.7 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.16

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

146°

Stations used

24

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast16 kmSSW
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast45 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast349 kmSE

After

1. 2.512 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 9, 3:33 PM HST · 19900 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
2. 2.413 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Apr 9, 4:41 PM HST · 19900 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
3. 2.116 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 9, 6:01 PM HST · 19900 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
4. 2.744 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Apr 9, 11:13 PM HST · 19900 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
5. 3.038 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Apr 10, 5:19 AM HST · 19900 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
6. 2.117 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Apr 10, 9:59 PM HST · 19899 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
7. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Apr 10, 11:20 PM HST · 19899 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
8. 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 10, 11:32 PM HST · 19899 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
9. 2.920 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Apr 11, 11:24 AM HST · 19898 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
10. 2.313 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, Apr 11, 12:40 PM HST · 19898 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
11. 3.036 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiTue, Apr 11, 1:32 PM HST · 19898 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
12. 3.139 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiTue, Apr 11, 11:08 PM HST · 19898 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
13. 2.314 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Apr 11, 11:54 PM HST · 19898 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
14. 2.647 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiTue, Apr 11, 11:58 PM HST · 19898 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
15. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 12, 12:23 AM HST · 19898 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
16. 2.327 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Apr 12, 12:47 AM HST · 19898 days ago · -2 km deep · 42 km away
17. 2.118 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 12, 4:25 AM HST · 19898 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
18. 1.918 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 12, 4:49 AM HST · 19898 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
19. 2.513 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Apr 12, 5:59 AM HST · 19898 days ago · -1 km deep · 18 km away
20. 2.020 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 12, 6:09 AM HST · 19898 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
21. 2.840 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Apr 12, 2:37 PM HST · 19897 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
22. 2.614 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 12, 8:59 PM HST · 19897 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
23. 3.02 km NW of Kalaoa, HawaiiThu, Apr 13, 2:29 AM HST · 19897 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
24. 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Apr 13, 5:50 AM HST · 19897 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
25. 3.035 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Apr 14, 1:05 AM HST · 19896 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
26. 2.424 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 14, 6:26 AM HST · 19896 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
27. 2.5Hawaii region, HawaiiFri, Apr 14, 9:11 PM HST · 19895 days ago · 13 km deep · 50 km away
28. 3.034 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Apr 15, 1:47 AM HST · 19895 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
29. 3.515 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Apr 15, 2:19 AM HST · 19895 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
30. 3.04 km SW of Kahaluu-Keauhou, HawaiiSat, Apr 15, 5:38 AM HST · 19895 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
31. 2.014 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 15, 6:10 AM HST · 19895 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
32. 2.612 km SSE of Waimea, HawaiiSat, Apr 15, 6:13 AM HST · 19895 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
33. 2.021 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 15, 9:27 AM HST · 19895 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
34. 2.123 km NW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 15, 2:30 PM HST · 19894 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
35. 2.319 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 15, 6:11 PM HST · 19894 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
36. 2.517 km E of Kalaoa, HawaiiSun, Apr 16, 8:40 AM HST · 19894 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
37. 2.815 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 17, 9:42 AM HST · 19893 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
38. 2.429 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Apr 17, 5:10 PM HST · 19892 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
39. 3.237 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Apr 17, 8:16 PM HST · 19892 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
40. 1.95 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 18, 1:26 AM HST · 19892 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
41. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 18, 10:38 AM HST · 19891 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
42. 2.815 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 18, 1:23 PM HST · 19891 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
43. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 18, 1:31 PM HST · 19891 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
44. 3.022 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Apr 18, 11:21 PM HST · 19891 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
45. 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Apr 19, 12:18 AM HST · 19891 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
46. 2.539 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Apr 19, 7:29 AM HST · 19891 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
47. 2.940 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Apr 19, 10:05 AM HST · 19891 days ago · 15 km deep · 52 km away
48. 3.99 km SSW of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiWed, Apr 19, 10:16 AM HST · 19891 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
49. 2.843 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Apr 19, 12:01 PM HST · 19890 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
50. 2.712 km E of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Apr 20, 3:01 PM HST · 19889 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
51. 2.213 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Apr 21, 1:02 AM HST · 19889 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
52. 2.713 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Apr 21, 1:03 AM HST · 19889 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
53. 2.713 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Apr 21, 1:37 AM HST · 19889 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
54. 2.516 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Apr 21, 10:05 AM HST · 19889 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
55. 3.133 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Apr 21, 11:21 AM HST · 19888 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
56. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 21, 7:15 PM HST · 19888 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
57. 2.320 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 22, 1:47 AM HST · 19888 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
58. 2.020 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 22, 1:52 AM HST · 19888 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
59. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 22, 2:28 AM HST · 19888 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
60. 2.313 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiSat, Apr 22, 4:48 AM HST · 19888 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

1. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 9, 8:03 AM HST · 19901 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
2. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Apr 9, 6:31 AM HST · 19901 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
3. 2.615 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 9, 4:42 AM HST · 19901 days ago · 27 km deep · 1 km away
4. 2.414 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 9, 3:32 AM HST · 19901 days ago · 26 km deep · 1 km away
5. 2.114 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 8, 8:08 PM HST · 19901 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
6. 2.614 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Apr 8, 7:40 PM HST · 19901 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
7. 2.316 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 8, 9:47 AM HST · 19902 days ago · 31 km deep · 2 km away
8. 3.015 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 8, 8:03 AM HST · 19902 days ago · 32 km deep · 2 km away
9. 2.639 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Apr 8, 5:05 AM HST · 19902 days ago · 17 km deep · 52 km away
10. 2.632 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Apr 8, 5:02 AM HST · 19902 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
11. 3.040 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Apr 8, 4:30 AM HST · 19902 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
12. 2.640 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Apr 8, 3:45 AM HST · 19902 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
13. 2.817 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 8, 1:49 AM HST · 19902 days ago · 32 km deep · 2 km away
14. 4.014 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 8, 1:03 AM HST · 19902 days ago · 30 km deep · 3 km away
15. 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 7, 6:41 PM HST · 19902 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
16. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 7, 10:26 AM HST · 19902 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
17. 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 7, 4:41 AM HST · 19903 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
18. 2.112 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Apr 7, 4:40 AM HST · 19903 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
19. 2.011 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 7, 4:31 AM HST · 19903 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
20. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Apr 7, 2:45 AM HST · 19903 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19721176. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:46 AM UTC.