Hawaii earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Oct 26, 1972, 8:15 PM HST (06:15 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 13 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1972-10-27 06:15:57 UTC
Depth
7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.404° N, 155.285° 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, 0.8 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
42°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.022 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19688 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 3.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19688 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19687 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 2.320 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19687 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19687 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 2.020 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19687 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 2.518 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19686 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.32 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19685 days ago · 29 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19684 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 3.123 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19684 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 2.812 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 19684 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 2.021 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19683 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 2.427 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 19683 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.312 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19683 days ago · 32 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19683 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  16. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19683 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 2.119 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19683 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 1.88 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19683 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 2.811 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19683 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  20. 2.56 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 19683 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 2.634 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19682 days ago · 17 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 2.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19681 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  23. 2.314 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19681 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  24. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19681 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  25. 1.917 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19681 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  26. 2.211 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19681 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  27. 2.322 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19680 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
  28. 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19680 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  29. 1.914 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19680 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
  30. 4.114 km WNW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 19680 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19680 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  32. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19679 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 2.110 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19679 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  34. 2.018 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19679 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  35. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19678 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  36. 2.116 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19678 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 2.212 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19677 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  38. 2.021 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19677 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  39. 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19677 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  40. 2.518 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19677 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  41. 2.416 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19677 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  42. 2.423 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19676 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  43. 2.023 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19676 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
  44. 2.59 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19675 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  45. 2.69 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19675 days ago · 37 km deep · 59 km away
  46. 2.226 km WSW of Pepeekeo, Hawaii · 19675 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
  47. 2.67 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 19675 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  48. 2.317 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19675 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  49. 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19675 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  50. 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19674 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  51. 2.56 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19674 days ago · 14 km deep · 1 km away
  52. 2.217 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19673 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  53. 2.518 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19673 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  54. 2.021 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19673 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  55. 2.26 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19673 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  56. 2.226 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 19673 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  57. 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19673 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  58. 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19672 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  59. 2.325 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19672 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
  60. 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19671 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

  1. 2.38 km NNE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19688 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19722697. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC.