M2.0 earthquake 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Jun 15, 1972, 10:36 PM HST (08:36 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 15 km W of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1972-06-16 08:36:31 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.328° N, 155.190° W
- Region
- Hawaii
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.7 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 165°
- Stations used
- 18
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.515 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19813 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.214 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19813 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.916 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19813 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.319 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19812 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19812 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.112 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19812 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.520 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19811 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19810 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19810 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.610 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19810 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.118 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19809 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.920 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19809 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.28 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 19809 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.415 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19809 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.421 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 19809 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.011 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19808 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.614 km S of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 19808 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.534 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19808 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19807 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.112 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19806 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.89 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19806 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.418 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19806 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.013 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19805 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19805 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.69 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 19805 days ago · 30 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.311 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19805 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.111 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19805 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.95 km E of Paukaa, Hawaii · 19804 days ago · 42 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19804 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.18 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 19804 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19804 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19804 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.015 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19803 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.312 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19803 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19803 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19802 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.521 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19802 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.120 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19802 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19802 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19802 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.67 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19802 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.514 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19802 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19801 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.114 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19801 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.529 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19801 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.021 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19801 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19801 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19801 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.319 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19800 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.218 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19800 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19799 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.318 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19799 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.211 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19799 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.315 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19797 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19796 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.117 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19796 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.220 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19795 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.519 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19795 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19795 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.811 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19795 days ago · 34 km deep · 9 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19721776. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:47 PM UTC.