Hawaii earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 1 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 1 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Jul 20, 1972, 5:39 PM HST (03:39 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.2 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
1972-07-21 03:39:50 UTC
Depth
31.3 km (19.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.453° N, 155.242° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
45°
Stations used
29

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

  1. 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19782 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 2.020 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19782 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 2.43 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 19781 days ago · 40 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 1.918 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19781 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 2.715 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19781 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 1.918 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19781 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 2.518 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19780 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19780 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 1.816 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19780 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19780 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 2.113 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19780 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19780 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19779 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 2.519 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19778 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 2.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19778 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 2.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19778 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19778 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 2.87 km W of Waimea, Hawaii · 19778 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19778 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 2.8Hawaii region, Hawaii · 19778 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19777 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  22. 1.813 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19777 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  23. 2.914 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19777 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  24. 2.720 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19777 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  25. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19777 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  26. 2.916 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 19775 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  27. 2.111 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19774 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  28. 2.320 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19774 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  29. 2.625 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19774 days ago · 36 km deep · 49 km away
  30. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19773 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  31. 2.622 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19773 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
  32. 3.01 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19773 days ago · 32 km deep · 37 km away
  33. 2.811 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 19772 days ago · 34 km deep · 33 km away
  34. 2.521 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19772 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
  35. 2.211 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19771 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  36. 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19771 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  37. 2.313 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19771 days ago · 31 km deep · 15 km away
  38. 2.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19771 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  39. 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19771 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
  40. 2.444 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19770 days ago · 17 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 2.112 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19770 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  42. 2.020 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19770 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  43. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19770 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  44. 1.918 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19768 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  45. 2.32 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19768 days ago · 32 km deep · 37 km away
  46. 2.414 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19768 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  47. 2.120 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19768 days ago · 15 km deep · 19 km away
  48. 2.814 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19768 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 2.37 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19767 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
  50. 2.118 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19766 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  51. 2.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19766 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
  52. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19766 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  53. 1.918 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19766 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  54. 2.319 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19764 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  55. 2.313 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 19763 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  56. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19763 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  57. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19763 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  58. 2.020 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19763 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  59. 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19762 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  60. 2.315 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19762 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19722046. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:51 PM UTC.