M1.8 earthquake 16 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Thu, Jul 27, 1972, 7:04 AM HST

UTC

1972-07-27 17:04:44 UTC

Depth

2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.334° N, 155.334° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

124°

Stations used

8

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast16 kmSW
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast48 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast343 kmSE

After

1. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 27, 7:23 AM HST · 19791 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
2. 2.113 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jul 27, 9:16 AM HST · 19791 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
3. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jul 27, 3:26 PM HST · 19791 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
4. 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jul 28, 12:14 PM HST · 19790 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
5. 2.519 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jul 28, 8:04 PM HST · 19789 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
6. 2.714 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 28, 8:43 PM HST · 19789 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
7. 2.314 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 28, 9:08 PM HST · 19789 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
8. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 28, 9:43 PM HST · 19789 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
9. 2.87 km W of Waimea, HawaiiFri, Jul 28, 11:32 PM HST · 19789 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
10. 1.9Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Jul 29, 7:29 AM HST · 19789 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
11. 2.8Hawaii region, HawaiiSat, Jul 29, 5:25 PM HST · 19789 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
12. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 29, 7:23 PM HST · 19788 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
13. 1.813 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 29, 11:30 PM HST · 19788 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
14. 2.914 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Jul 30, 12:47 AM HST · 19788 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
15. 2.720 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 30, 4:20 AM HST · 19788 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
16. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 30, 6:48 AM HST · 19788 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
17. 2.916 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Aug 1, 6:19 AM HST · 19786 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
18. 2.111 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 1, 10:38 PM HST · 19785 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
19. 2.320 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Aug 2, 11:58 AM HST · 19785 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
20. 2.625 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Aug 2, 6:39 PM HST · 19784 days ago · 36 km deep · 35 km away
21. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 3, 7:18 AM HST · 19784 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
22. 2.622 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Aug 3, 5:10 PM HST · 19784 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
23. 3.01 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Aug 3, 5:49 PM HST · 19784 days ago · 32 km deep · 21 km away
24. 2.811 km E of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Aug 4, 3:51 AM HST · 19783 days ago · 34 km deep · 17 km away
25. 2.521 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 4, 2:26 PM HST · 19783 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
26. 2.211 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Aug 5, 8:06 AM HST · 19782 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
27. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Aug 5, 9:22 AM HST · 19782 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
28. 2.313 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Aug 5, 2:04 PM HST · 19782 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away
29. 2.314 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Aug 5, 6:32 PM HST · 19781 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
30. 2.4Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Aug 5, 7:18 PM HST · 19781 days ago · 28 km deep · 57 km away
31. 2.444 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Aug 5, 10:37 PM HST · 19781 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
32. 2.112 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Aug 5, 11:12 PM HST · 19781 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
33. 2.020 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Aug 6, 1:26 AM HST · 19781 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
34. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Aug 6, 1:40 AM HST · 19781 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
35. 1.918 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Aug 7, 9:24 PM HST · 19779 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
36. 2.32 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Aug 7, 10:35 PM HST · 19779 days ago · 32 km deep · 21 km away
37. 2.414 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 8, 3:42 PM HST · 19779 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
38. 2.120 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 8, 5:01 PM HST · 19779 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
39. 2.814 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Aug 8, 6:40 PM HST · 19778 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
40. 2.37 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Aug 9, 7:32 AM HST · 19778 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
41. 2.118 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Aug 10, 4:18 AM HST · 19777 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
42. 2.07 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 10, 5:36 AM HST · 19777 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
43. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 10, 9:14 AM HST · 19777 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
44. 1.918 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 10, 11:08 AM HST · 19777 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
45. 2.319 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Aug 12, 4:28 AM HST · 19775 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
46. 2.313 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiSun, Aug 13, 2:35 AM HST · 19774 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
47. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Aug 13, 1:15 PM HST · 19774 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
48. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Aug 13, 4:58 PM HST · 19774 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
49. 2.020 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Aug 13, 6:27 PM HST · 19773 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
50. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Aug 13, 8:10 PM HST · 19773 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
51. 2.315 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Aug 13, 8:16 PM HST · 19773 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
52. 2.24 km N of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Aug 14, 7:01 AM HST · 19773 days ago · 22 km deep · 20 km away
53. 2.626 km E of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Aug 15, 1:37 AM HST · 19772 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
54. 2.012 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Aug 15, 12:46 PM HST · 19772 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
55. 2.018 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Aug 15, 2:02 PM HST · 19772 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
56. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Aug 16, 2:05 AM HST · 19771 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
57. 2.018 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Aug 16, 1:59 PM HST · 19771 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
58. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Aug 17, 3:18 PM HST · 19770 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
59. 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 17, 3:22 PM HST · 19770 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
60. 2.519 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 18, 2:09 AM HST · 19769 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

1. 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jul 26, 9:04 PM HST · 19791 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
2. 2.518 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jul 26, 9:03 PM HST · 19791 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
3. 1.918 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 26, 12:48 PM HST · 19792 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
4. 2.715 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 26, 8:23 AM HST · 19792 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
5. 1.918 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 26, 3:31 AM HST · 19792 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
6. 2.43 km S of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jul 26, 1:02 AM HST · 19792 days ago · 40 km deep · 24 km away
7. 2.020 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 25, 6:39 PM HST · 19792 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
8. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 25, 12:05 PM HST · 19793 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
9. 2.319 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 25, 10:21 AM HST · 19793 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
10. 3.04 km NW of Honomu, HawaiiMon, Jul 24, 1:34 PM HST · 19794 days ago · 37 km deep · 66 km away
11. 2.73 km N of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Jul 24, 7:26 AM HST · 19794 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
12. 2.227 km SE of Waikoloa, HawaiiSun, Jul 23, 10:11 AM HST · 19795 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
13. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 23, 8:06 AM HST · 19795 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
14. 2.03 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 23, 3:33 AM HST · 19795 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
15. 1.77 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 23, 3:31 AM HST · 19795 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
16. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Jul 22, 7:51 PM HST · 19795 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
17. 2.128 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jul 22, 11:41 AM HST · 19796 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
18. 3.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 22, 6:24 AM HST · 19796 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
19. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 22, 3:48 AM HST · 19796 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
20. 2.818 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 22, 12:43 AM HST · 19796 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19722089. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:22 PM UTC.