M2.0 earthquake 20 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.0 (ml), micro

Local time

Sun, Aug 13, 1972, 6:27 PM HST

UTC

1972-08-14 04:27:34 UTC

Depth

10.1 km (6.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.438° N, 155.434° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.0 km horizontally, 2.9 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

177°

Stations used

10

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast21 kmW
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast48 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast327 kmSE

After

1. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Aug 16, 2:05 AM HST · 19760 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
2. 2.018 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Aug 16, 1:59 PM HST · 19760 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
3. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Aug 17, 3:18 PM HST · 19759 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
4. 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 17, 3:22 PM HST · 19759 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
5. 2.519 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 18, 2:09 AM HST · 19758 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
6. 1.920 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 18, 3:03 AM HST · 19758 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
7. 2.05 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 18, 5:38 AM HST · 19758 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
8. 2.418 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Aug 18, 8:34 AM HST · 19758 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
9. 2.212 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Aug 18, 2:55 PM HST · 19758 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
10. 2.213 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Aug 18, 11:14 PM HST · 19758 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
11. 2.319 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Aug 19, 3:32 AM HST · 19757 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
12. 2.413 km N of Hawaiian Ocean View, HawaiiSun, Aug 20, 2:57 AM HST · 19756 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
13. 2.66 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Aug 20, 3:00 AM HST · 19756 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
14. 2.27 km NNW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Aug 20, 9:26 AM HST · 19756 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
15. 2.814 km S of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Aug 20, 12:24 PM HST · 19756 days ago · 42 km deep · 58 km away
16. 2.018 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Aug 21, 4:14 AM HST · 19755 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
17. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Aug 21, 9:42 AM HST · 19755 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
18. 2.112 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Aug 21, 5:18 PM HST · 19755 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
19. 2.514 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 22, 1:47 AM HST · 19754 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
20. 2.024 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 22, 2:19 AM HST · 19754 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
21. 2.114 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Aug 22, 9:41 AM HST · 19754 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
22. 2.68 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 22, 11:34 AM HST · 19754 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
23. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Aug 22, 1:28 PM HST · 19754 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
24. 2.616 km SSW of Honoka‘a, HawaiiWed, Aug 23, 1:52 AM HST · 19753 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
25. 2.118 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Aug 23, 10:29 AM HST · 19753 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
26. 3.07 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 24, 10:38 AM HST · 19752 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
27. 2.721 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 24, 2:42 PM HST · 19752 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
28. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 24, 10:01 PM HST · 19752 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
29. 2.020 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Aug 25, 1:56 AM HST · 19751 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
30. 3.214 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiFri, Aug 25, 2:15 AM HST · 19751 days ago · 20 km deep · 53 km away
31. 1.915 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Aug 26, 2:56 AM HST · 19750 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
32. 2.118 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Aug 26, 1:15 PM HST · 19750 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
33. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Aug 26, 3:05 PM HST · 19750 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
34. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Aug 26, 5:28 PM HST · 19750 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
35. 2.615 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSat, Aug 26, 5:56 PM HST · 19750 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
36. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Aug 27, 3:23 AM HST · 19749 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
37. 2.811 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Aug 27, 4:24 AM HST · 19749 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
38. 2.928 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Aug 27, 11:00 AM HST · 19749 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
39. 2.511 km SSE of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Aug 27, 3:26 PM HST · 19749 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
40. 2.119 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Aug 27, 4:25 PM HST · 19749 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
41. 2.73 km W of Kahaluu-Keauhou, HawaiiSun, Aug 27, 7:23 PM HST · 19749 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
42. 2.017 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Aug 27, 10:51 PM HST · 19749 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
43. 2.224 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Aug 28, 4:38 AM HST · 19748 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
44. 2.918 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Aug 29, 5:10 PM HST · 19747 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
45. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 29, 10:43 PM HST · 19747 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
46. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Aug 30, 10:07 AM HST · 19746 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
47. 1.918 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 6:27 AM HST · 19745 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
48. 2.11 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 6:13 PM HST · 19745 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
49. 3.16 km ESE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 31, 11:13 PM HST · 19745 days ago · 44 km deep · 27 km away
50. 2.05 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 2, 2:42 AM HST · 19743 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
51. 1.917 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 2, 2:59 AM HST · 19743 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
52. 2.018 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 2, 5:46 AM HST · 19743 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
53. 2.26 km WSW of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Sep 2, 6:46 AM HST · 19743 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
54. 2.612 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 2, 5:54 PM HST · 19743 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
55. 2.72 km SE of Kailua-Kona, HawaiiSun, Sep 3, 7:59 AM HST · 19742 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
56. 3.118 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 3, 2:34 PM HST · 19742 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
57. 2.316 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 5, 12:24 AM HST · 19740 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
58. 5.213 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 5, 1:31 AM HST · 19740 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
59. 2.020 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Sep 5, 1:41 AM HST · 19740 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
60. 2.212 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 5, 2:34 AM HST · 19740 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away

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