M2.2 earthquake 7 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Tue, May 30, 1972, 8:27 PM HST

UTC

1972-05-31 06:27:38 UTC

Depth

10.5 km (6.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.403° N, 155.290° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.0 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.31

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

63°

Stations used

12

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast7 kmSW
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast39 kmWSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast341 kmSE

After

1. 1.94 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 31, 1:00 AM HST · 19848 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
2. 2.314 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 31, 3:40 AM HST · 19848 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
3. 2.56 km E of Kealakekua, HawaiiWed, May 31, 7:27 AM HST · 19848 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
4. 1.76 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 31, 7:28 PM HST · 19847 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
5. 1.85 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 31, 7:29 PM HST · 19847 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
6. 1.76 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 31, 7:30 PM HST · 19847 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
7. 2.112 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, May 31, 10:09 PM HST · 19847 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
8. 2.25 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 31, 10:22 PM HST · 19847 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
9. 3.014 km SSW of Honoka‘a, HawaiiThu, Jun 1, 2:20 AM HST · 19847 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
10. 1.85 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jun 1, 4:44 AM HST · 19847 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
11. 2.16 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jun 1, 5:23 AM HST · 19847 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
12. 2.532 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Jun 1, 9:44 AM HST · 19847 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
13. 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jun 1, 1:32 PM HST · 19847 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
14. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jun 1, 8:57 PM HST · 19846 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
15. 2.023 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jun 1, 10:00 PM HST · 19846 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
16. 2.418 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, Jun 2, 12:50 AM HST · 19846 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
17. 2.013 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jun 2, 1:14 AM HST · 19846 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
18. 1.94 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jun 2, 3:21 AM HST · 19846 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
19. 1.8Island of Hawaii, HawaiiFri, Jun 2, 6:27 AM HST · 19846 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
20. 2.118 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jun 2, 9:03 AM HST · 19846 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
21. 2.16 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jun 2, 9:51 AM HST · 19846 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
22. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiFri, Jun 2, 10:34 AM HST · 19846 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
23. 2.417 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jun 2, 4:12 PM HST · 19846 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
24. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jun 2, 7:26 PM HST · 19845 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
25. 2.61 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jun 2, 11:34 PM HST · 19845 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
26. 2.97 km SE of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiSat, Jun 3, 3:25 AM HST · 19845 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
27. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jun 3, 4:03 AM HST · 19845 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
28. 2.77 km SE of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiSat, Jun 3, 5:51 AM HST · 19845 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
29. 2.310 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jun 3, 7:45 AM HST · 19845 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away
30. 2.819 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jun 3, 11:11 AM HST · 19845 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
31. 2.123 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jun 3, 11:29 AM HST · 19845 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
32. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jun 3, 11:32 AM HST · 19845 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
33. 2.321 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jun 3, 12:38 PM HST · 19845 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
34. 2.219 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jun 3, 12:52 PM HST · 19845 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
35. 1.920 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jun 3, 1:11 PM HST · 19845 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
36. 2.64 km E of Captain Cook, HawaiiSat, Jun 3, 4:13 PM HST · 19845 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
37. 2.021 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jun 3, 5:48 PM HST · 19844 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
38. 2.117 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jun 3, 11:20 PM HST · 19844 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
39. 2.317 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jun 4, 12:28 AM HST · 19844 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
40. 2.120 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jun 4, 12:49 AM HST · 19844 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
41. 1.84 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jun 4, 8:28 PM HST · 19843 days ago · 20 km deep · 3 km away
42. 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jun 5, 10:44 AM HST · 19843 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
43. 2.511 km NW of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jun 6, 1:16 PM HST · 19842 days ago · -1 km deep · 31 km away
44. 2.15 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jun 7, 3:35 AM HST · 19841 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
45. 1.915 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jun 7, 4:17 AM HST · 19841 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
46. 2.318 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jun 7, 7:18 AM HST · 19841 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
47. 2.315 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jun 7, 8:51 AM HST · 19841 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
48. 2.316 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jun 7, 1:43 PM HST · 19841 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
49. 2.216 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jun 7, 3:50 PM HST · 19841 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
50. 2.020 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jun 8, 12:26 AM HST · 19840 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
51. 2.06 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jun 8, 6:12 AM HST · 19840 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
52. 2.414 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jun 8, 9:55 AM HST · 19840 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
53. 2.838 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Jun 8, 11:07 AM HST · 19840 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
54. 2.8Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Jun 8, 1:47 PM HST · 19840 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
55. 2.017 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jun 9, 4:06 AM HST · 19839 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
56. 2.014 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jun 10, 12:06 AM HST · 19838 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
57. 2.014 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jun 10, 4:03 AM HST · 19838 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
58. 1.816 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jun 10, 11:03 AM HST · 19838 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
59. 2.712 km NE of Hawaiian Ocean View, HawaiiSat, Jun 10, 12:51 PM HST · 19838 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
60. 3.114 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jun 11, 10:34 AM HST · 19837 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

1. 2.315 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 30, 7:10 PM HST · 19848 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
2. 2.316 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, May 30, 9:56 AM HST · 19849 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
3. 3.19 km SW of Kahaluu-Keauhou, HawaiiTue, May 30, 9:46 AM HST · 19849 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
4. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 30, 7:19 AM HST · 19849 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
5. 2.320 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 29, 9:55 PM HST · 19849 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
6. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, May 29, 8:30 AM HST · 19850 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
7. 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, May 29, 2:59 AM HST · 19850 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
8. 2.419 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, May 28, 10:31 PM HST · 19850 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
9. 2.022 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 28, 5:13 PM HST · 19851 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
10. 2.313 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, May 27, 6:51 PM HST · 19851 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
11. 2.318 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 27, 11:14 AM HST · 19852 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
12. 3.725 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, May 27, 10:36 AM HST · 19852 days ago · 19 km deep · 49 km away
13. 2.05 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 27, 5:02 AM HST · 19852 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
14. 1.95 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 27, 2:00 AM HST · 19852 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
15. 2.514 km E of P?hala, HawaiiFri, May 26, 7:06 PM HST · 19852 days ago · 45 km deep · 25 km away
16. 1.96 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 26, 11:52 AM HST · 19853 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
17. 2.05 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 26, 11:48 AM HST · 19853 days ago · 17 km deep · 2 km away
18. 2.04 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 26, 10:01 AM HST · 19853 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
19. 2.15 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 26, 3:54 AM HST · 19853 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
20. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 26, 2:45 AM HST · 19853 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19721633. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:46 PM UTC.