Hawaii earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 20 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 20 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Jul 30, 1972, 4:20 AM HST (14:20 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 1 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1972-07-30 14:20:40 UTC
Depth
7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.402° N, 155.423° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
39°
Stations used
25

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. 2.622 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19772 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 3.01 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19772 days ago · 32 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 2.811 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 19772 days ago · 34 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 2.521 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19771 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 2.211 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19771 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19771 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 2.313 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19770 days ago · 31 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 2.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19770 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19770 days ago · 28 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 2.444 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19770 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 2.112 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19770 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 2.020 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19770 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  13. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19770 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 1.918 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19768 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 2.32 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19768 days ago · 32 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 2.414 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19767 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 2.120 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19767 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 2.814 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19767 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 2.37 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19767 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 2.118 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19766 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  21. 2.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19766 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19766 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  23. 1.918 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19766 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  24. 2.319 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19764 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  25. 2.313 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 19763 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  26. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19763 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  27. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19762 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  28. 2.020 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19762 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  29. 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19762 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  30. 2.315 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19762 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  31. 2.24 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 19762 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 2.626 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 19761 days ago · 20 km deep · 33 km away
  33. 2.012 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19761 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  34. 2.018 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19760 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  35. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19760 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  36. 2.018 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19759 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  37. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19758 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  38. 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19758 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  39. 2.519 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19758 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  40. 1.920 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19758 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  41. 2.05 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19758 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
  42. 2.418 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19758 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
  43. 2.212 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19757 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  44. 2.213 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19757 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  45. 2.319 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19757 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  46. 2.413 km N of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 19756 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  47. 2.66 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19756 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  48. 2.27 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19756 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
  49. 2.814 km S of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19756 days ago · 42 km deep · 54 km away
  50. 2.018 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19755 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  51. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19755 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  52. 2.112 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19754 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  53. 2.514 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19754 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  54. 2.024 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19754 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  55. 2.114 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19754 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  56. 2.68 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19754 days ago · 29 km deep · 20 km away
  57. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19754 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  58. 2.616 km SSW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 19753 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  59. 2.118 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19753 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  60. 3.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19752 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19722112. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:58 AM UTC.