M1.9 earthquake 11 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.9 (ml), micro

Local time

Tue, Oct 10, 1972, 6:49 PM HST

UTC

1972-10-11 04:49:28 UTC

Depth

5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.346° N, 155.206° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.0 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

191°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

12

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast11 kmSSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast37 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast352 kmSE

After

1. 2.319 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Oct 10, 8:14 PM HST · 19705 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
2. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Oct 10, 8:21 PM HST · 19705 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
3. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 10, 8:32 PM HST · 19705 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
4. 3.024 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 11, 8:37 PM HST · 19704 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
5. 2.622 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Oct 11, 9:32 PM HST · 19704 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
6. 2.513 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 12, 7:40 AM HST · 19703 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
7. 2.214 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Oct 12, 4:16 PM HST · 19703 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
8. 2.119 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Oct 12, 8:16 PM HST · 19703 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
9. 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Oct 12, 9:14 PM HST · 19703 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
10. 2.713 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 13, 7:34 AM HST · 19702 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
11. 2.66 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiFri, Oct 13, 2:27 PM HST · 19702 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
12. 2.418 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 13, 6:19 PM HST · 19702 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
13. 2.618 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Oct 15, 12:26 AM HST · 19700 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
14. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 16, 8:37 AM HST · 19699 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
15. 2.319 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Oct 16, 10:42 AM HST · 19699 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
16. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Oct 18, 7:01 AM HST · 19697 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
17. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 18, 7:22 AM HST · 19697 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
18. 2.020 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 18, 11:17 AM HST · 19697 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
19. 2.410 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Oct 18, 1:52 PM HST · 19697 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
20. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 18, 2:15 PM HST · 19697 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
21. 2.68 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 18, 3:01 PM HST · 19697 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
22. 2.611 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiWed, Oct 18, 7:59 PM HST · 19697 days ago · -1 km deep · 51 km away
23. 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 18, 10:36 PM HST · 19697 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
24. 2.72 km W of Honalo, HawaiiWed, Oct 18, 10:56 PM HST · 19697 days ago · 31 km deep · 82 km away
25. 2.228 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Oct 19, 4:14 AM HST · 19696 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
26. 2.813 km E of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Oct 19, 6:23 AM HST · 19696 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
27. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 19, 10:43 AM HST · 19696 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
28. 1.85 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 19, 11:32 AM HST · 19696 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
29. 2.4Hawaii region, HawaiiFri, Oct 20, 12:42 AM HST · 19695 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
30. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Oct 20, 10:00 AM HST · 19695 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
31. 2.615 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Oct 20, 6:59 PM HST · 19695 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
32. 2.023 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 20, 10:15 PM HST · 19695 days ago · -2 km deep · 30 km away
33. 1.89 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 21, 2:13 AM HST · 19694 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
34. 2.05 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 21, 12:04 PM HST · 19694 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
35. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 21, 9:21 PM HST · 19694 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
36. 1.914 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Oct 22, 8:10 AM HST · 19693 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
37. 1.76 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 23, 12:24 AM HST · 19692 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
38. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Oct 23, 4:44 PM HST · 19692 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
39. 2.519 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Oct 23, 10:03 PM HST · 19692 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
40. 2.220 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 24, 1:00 PM HST · 19691 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
41. 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Oct 24, 4:29 PM HST · 19691 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
42. 2.514 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 25, 5:33 AM HST · 19690 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
43. 2.018 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Oct 25, 7:28 AM HST · 19690 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
44. 2.38 km NNE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Oct 26, 5:49 PM HST · 19689 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
45. 2.06 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 26, 8:15 PM HST · 19689 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
46. 2.022 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Oct 27, 3:16 AM HST · 19688 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
47. 3.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Oct 27, 4:37 AM HST · 19688 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
48. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 28, 1:02 AM HST · 19687 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
49. 2.320 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Oct 28, 1:35 AM HST · 19687 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
50. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Oct 28, 6:05 AM HST · 19687 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
51. 2.020 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 28, 9:27 AM HST · 19687 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
52. 2.518 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Oct 29, 5:44 AM HST · 19686 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
53. 2.32 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 30, 3:52 AM HST · 19685 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
54. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Oct 30, 3:11 PM HST · 19685 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
55. 3.123 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 31, 1:00 AM HST · 19684 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
56. 2.812 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiTue, Oct 31, 8:55 AM HST · 19684 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
57. 2.021 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Oct 31, 3:52 PM HST · 19684 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
58. 2.427 km SSE of Waimea, HawaiiTue, Oct 31, 5:33 PM HST · 19684 days ago · 19 km deep · 62 km away
59. 2.312 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Oct 31, 5:49 PM HST · 19684 days ago · 32 km deep · 21 km away
60. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 31, 10:02 PM HST · 19684 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away

The first 60 of 192.

Before

1. 2.212 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 10, 4:32 PM HST · 19705 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
2. 3.16 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 10, 10:55 AM HST · 19705 days ago · 31 km deep · 6 km away
3. 2.65 km SW of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiTue, Oct 10, 7:11 AM HST · 19705 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
4. 1.919 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 9, 8:14 AM HST · 19706 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
5. 1.920 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Oct 9, 1:00 AM HST · 19706 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
6. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 9, 12:54 AM HST · 19706 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
7. 2.414 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 8, 11:40 PM HST · 19706 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away

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