M1.9 earthquake 16 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 16 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Jun 24, 1972, 8:31 PM HST (06:31 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 8 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1972-06-25 06:31:37 UTC
- Depth
- 5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.373° N, 155.377° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 164°
- Stations used
- 11
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
- 2.18 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 19804 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19804 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19804 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.015 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19803 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.312 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19803 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19803 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19802 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.521 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19802 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.120 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19802 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19802 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19802 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.67 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19802 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.514 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19802 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19801 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.114 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19801 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.529 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19801 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.021 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19801 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19801 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19801 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.319 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19800 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.218 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19800 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19799 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.318 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19799 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.211 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19799 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.315 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19797 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19796 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.117 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19796 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.220 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19795 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.519 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19795 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19795 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.811 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19795 days ago · 34 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.319 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19794 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19794 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19794 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19794 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19794 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.325 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19793 days ago · 36 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.726 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19793 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.415 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19793 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.2Hawaii region, Hawaii · 19793 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.345 km WSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 19793 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19792 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.319 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19792 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19792 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.919 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19792 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19792 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.813 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19792 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19792 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.910 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19792 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19791 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.6Hawaii region, Hawaii · 19791 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19791 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19791 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.021 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19791 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.423 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19790 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.116 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19790 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.520 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19790 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.934 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19790 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.539 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19790 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.735 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19790 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19721845. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:47 PM UTC.