M2.4 earthquake 15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Wed, Jun 28, 1972, 5:07 PM HST

UTC

1972-06-29 03:07:20 UTC

Depth

6.2 km (3.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.307° N, 155.251° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.8 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

204°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

15

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast15 kmS
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast43 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast351 kmSE

After

1. 2.421 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiWed, Jun 28, 10:41 PM HST · 19820 days ago · 21 km deep · 62 km away
2. 2.011 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jun 29, 12:05 AM HST · 19820 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
3. 2.614 km S of Honoka‘a, HawaiiThu, Jun 29, 4:00 AM HST · 19819 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
4. 2.534 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Jun 29, 6:14 PM HST · 19819 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
5. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jun 30, 7:00 AM HST · 19818 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
6. 2.112 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 1, 1:49 AM HST · 19817 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
7. 2.89 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 1, 3:16 AM HST · 19817 days ago · 33 km deep · 6 km away
8. 2.418 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 1, 3:24 AM HST · 19817 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
9. 2.013 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jul 1, 11:46 PM HST · 19817 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
10. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jul 2, 7:05 AM HST · 19816 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
11. 2.69 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jul 2, 8:35 AM HST · 19816 days ago · 30 km deep · 33 km away
12. 2.311 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 2, 7:53 PM HST · 19816 days ago · 28 km deep · 11 km away
13. 2.111 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 2, 8:00 PM HST · 19816 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
14. 2.95 km E of Paukaa, HawaiiMon, Jul 3, 2:45 AM HST · 19815 days ago · 42 km deep · 55 km away
15. 2.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jul 3, 3:20 AM HST · 19815 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
16. 2.18 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jul 3, 5:57 AM HST · 19815 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
17. 2.3Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Jul 3, 4:09 PM HST · 19815 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
18. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jul 3, 8:28 PM HST · 19815 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
19. 2.015 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jul 4, 7:20 AM HST · 19814 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
20. 2.312 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 4, 4:44 PM HST · 19814 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
21. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 4, 9:46 PM HST · 19814 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
22. 2.512 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Jul 5, 2:35 AM HST · 19813 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
23. 2.521 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Jul 5, 6:06 AM HST · 19813 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
24. 2.120 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jul 5, 1:57 PM HST · 19813 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
25. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 5, 4:24 PM HST · 19813 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
26. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 5, 5:51 PM HST · 19813 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
27. 2.67 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 5, 9:20 PM HST · 19813 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
28. 2.514 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jul 5, 11:02 PM HST · 19813 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
29. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 6, 1:21 AM HST · 19813 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
30. 2.114 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jul 6, 4:37 AM HST · 19812 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
31. 2.529 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Jul 6, 9:05 AM HST · 19812 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
32. 2.021 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 6, 9:28 AM HST · 19812 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
33. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 6, 12:26 PM HST · 19812 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
34. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jul 6, 6:09 PM HST · 19812 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
35. 2.319 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 7, 12:50 AM HST · 19812 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
36. 2.218 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 7, 7:22 PM HST · 19811 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
37. 2.314 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 8, 6:15 AM HST · 19810 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
38. 2.318 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 8, 1:15 PM HST · 19810 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
39. 2.211 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 8, 7:03 PM HST · 19810 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
40. 2.315 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 10, 8:17 PM HST · 19808 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
41. 2.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Jul 11, 7:19 AM HST · 19807 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
42. 2.117 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jul 11, 8:01 AM HST · 19807 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
43. 2.220 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jul 12, 4:08 AM HST · 19806 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
44. 3.519 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jul 12, 8:31 PM HST · 19806 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
45. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jul 12, 8:36 PM HST · 19806 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
46. 2.811 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 12, 11:03 PM HST · 19806 days ago · 34 km deep · 5 km away
47. 2.319 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 13, 12:42 AM HST · 19806 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
48. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 13, 7:35 AM HST · 19805 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
49. 2.014 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 13, 8:52 PM HST · 19805 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
50. 2.114 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 13, 9:12 PM HST · 19805 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
51. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Jul 13, 10:17 PM HST · 19805 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
52. 4.325 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jul 14, 9:36 AM HST · 19804 days ago · 36 km deep · 32 km away
53. 2.726 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jul 14, 9:40 AM HST · 19804 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
54. 2.415 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, Jul 14, 11:32 AM HST · 19804 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
55. 3.2Hawaii region, HawaiiFri, Jul 14, 6:50 PM HST · 19804 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
56. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 14, 11:24 PM HST · 19804 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
57. 2.319 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSat, Jul 15, 1:53 AM HST · 19803 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
58. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 15, 10:15 AM HST · 19803 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
59. 1.919 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 15, 11:21 AM HST · 19803 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
60. 3.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 15, 2:49 PM HST · 19803 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

1. 2.28 km NW of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jun 28, 2:36 PM HST · 19820 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
2. 2.920 km SSE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jun 28, 12:15 PM HST · 19820 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
3. 2.118 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jun 28, 4:05 AM HST · 19820 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
4. 2.610 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jun 27, 10:28 PM HST · 19821 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
5. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jun 27, 2:07 PM HST · 19821 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
6. 2.514 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jun 27, 12:57 PM HST · 19821 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
7. 2.520 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jun 26, 6:11 AM HST · 19822 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
8. 2.112 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jun 25, 4:30 PM HST · 19823 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
9. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jun 25, 12:44 PM HST · 19823 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
10. 3.319 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jun 25, 6:20 AM HST · 19823 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
11. 1.916 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jun 24, 8:31 PM HST · 19824 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
12. 2.214 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jun 24, 11:36 AM HST · 19824 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
13. 2.515 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jun 24, 9:38 AM HST · 19824 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
14. 2.914 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jun 24, 9:03 AM HST · 19824 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
15. 2.424 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jun 24, 7:22 AM HST · 19824 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
16. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jun 23, 1:53 PM HST · 19825 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
17. 2.010 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jun 23, 7:35 AM HST · 19825 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
18. 1.815 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jun 23, 1:00 AM HST · 19826 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
19. 2.68 km SE of Waimea, HawaiiFri, Jun 23, 12:02 AM HST · 19826 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
20. 2.418 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jun 22, 9:00 PM HST · 19826 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19721867. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:53 PM UTC.