M2.0 earthquake 15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.0 (ml), micro

Local time

Sat, Nov 11, 1972, 2:03 PM HST

UTC

1972-11-12 00:03:39 UTC

Depth

7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.300° N, 155.215° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.4 km horizontally, 2.2 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

230°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

11

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast16 kmS
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast41 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast355 kmSE

After

1. 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 11, 10:34 PM HST · 19680 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
2. 2.325 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 12, 4:27 AM HST · 19679 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
3. 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Nov 12, 7:00 PM HST · 19679 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
4. 2.517 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Nov 13, 6:15 AM HST · 19678 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
5. 2.214 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Nov 13, 5:08 PM HST · 19678 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
6. 2.519 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 15, 6:59 AM HST · 19676 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
7. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 15, 5:08 PM HST · 19676 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
8. 2.87 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiWed, Nov 15, 5:23 PM HST · 19676 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
9. 3.214 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Nov 17, 9:28 AM HST · 19674 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
10. 3.814 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Nov 17, 9:29 AM HST · 19674 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
11. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Nov 17, 9:31 AM HST · 19674 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
12. 2.016 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Nov 17, 11:54 AM HST · 19674 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
13. 2.718 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Nov 17, 12:56 PM HST · 19674 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
14. 2.07 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 17, 6:21 PM HST · 19674 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
15. 2.322 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 17, 8:31 PM HST · 19674 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
16. 2.67 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 17, 11:29 PM HST · 19674 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
17. 2.47 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 17, 11:34 PM HST · 19674 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
18. 2.422 km SSE of Waikoloa, HawaiiSat, Nov 18, 12:23 AM HST · 19674 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
19. 1.814 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 18, 12:56 AM HST · 19674 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
20. 2.07 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 18, 1:25 AM HST · 19674 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
21. 2.57 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 18, 3:24 AM HST · 19673 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
22. 3.113 km W of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Nov 18, 5:53 AM HST · 19673 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
23. 2.020 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Nov 18, 10:19 AM HST · 19673 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
24. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 18, 10:48 AM HST · 19673 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
25. 2.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 18, 10:58 AM HST · 19673 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
26. 2.53 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSat, Nov 18, 11:29 AM HST · 19673 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
27. 2.07 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 18, 2:05 PM HST · 19673 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
28. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 18, 2:15 PM HST · 19673 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
29. 2.026 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 19, 6:51 AM HST · 19672 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
30. 2.914 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, HawaiiSun, Nov 19, 7:47 AM HST · 19672 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
31. 2.315 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 19, 12:09 PM HST · 19672 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
32. 3.723 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Nov 19, 5:39 PM HST · 19672 days ago · 40 km deep · 21 km away
33. 3.013 km ESE of Waikoloa, HawaiiSun, Nov 19, 6:05 PM HST · 19672 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
34. 2.424 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Nov 20, 8:33 AM HST · 19671 days ago · 38 km deep · 20 km away
35. 3.516 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 20, 9:04 AM HST · 19671 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
36. 2.019 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 21, 11:43 AM HST · 19670 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
37. 2.39 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 21, 7:01 PM HST · 19670 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
38. 2.49 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 22, 6:52 AM HST · 19669 days ago · 34 km deep · 7 km away
39. 2.317 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Nov 22, 1:05 PM HST · 19669 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
40. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 22, 5:33 PM HST · 19669 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
41. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Nov 22, 9:57 PM HST · 19669 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
42. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 23, 12:16 AM HST · 19669 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
43. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 23, 4:06 AM HST · 19668 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
44. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 23, 6:15 AM HST · 19668 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
45. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 23, 5:14 PM HST · 19668 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
46. 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 23, 11:33 PM HST · 19668 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
47. 2.07 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 25, 12:51 AM HST · 19667 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
48. 2.05 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 25, 2:09 AM HST · 19667 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
49. 2.57 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 25, 4:18 AM HST · 19666 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
50. 2.617 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 25, 11:25 AM HST · 19666 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
51. 1.916 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 25, 5:00 PM HST · 19666 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
52. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 26, 5:14 AM HST · 19665 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
53. 2.215 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 26, 5:16 PM HST · 19665 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
54. 2.68 km SW of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSun, Nov 26, 7:32 PM HST · 19665 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
55. 1.919 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 27, 12:51 AM HST · 19665 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
56. 2.216 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiMon, Nov 27, 5:19 AM HST · 19664 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
57. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 27, 2:35 PM HST · 19664 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
58. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Nov 28, 2:05 AM HST · 19664 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
59. 2.620 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Nov 29, 10:21 AM HST · 19662 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
60. 2.43 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Nov 29, 8:04 PM HST · 19662 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away

The first 60 of 181.

Before

1. 2.226 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Nov 11, 12:58 PM HST · 19680 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
2. 2.26 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 11, 12:34 PM HST · 19680 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
3. 2.021 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Nov 10, 7:54 PM HST · 19681 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
4. 2.518 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Nov 10, 5:13 PM HST · 19681 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
5. 2.217 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 10, 3:00 PM HST · 19681 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
6. 2.56 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 10, 8:22 AM HST · 19681 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
7. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 10, 3:40 AM HST · 19681 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
8. 2.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Nov 9, 2:42 PM HST · 19682 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
9. 2.317 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 9, 8:57 AM HST · 19682 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
10. 2.67 km SE of Waimea, HawaiiThu, Nov 9, 1:30 AM HST · 19683 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
11. 2.226 km WSW of Pepeekeo, HawaiiWed, Nov 8, 10:17 PM HST · 19683 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
12. 2.69 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Nov 8, 8:46 PM HST · 19683 days ago · 37 km deep · 69 km away
13. 2.59 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Nov 8, 6:41 PM HST · 19683 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
14. 2.023 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Nov 8, 1:04 AM HST · 19684 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
15. 2.423 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Nov 8, 1:03 AM HST · 19684 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
16. 2.416 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Nov 7, 1:53 PM HST · 19684 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
17. 2.518 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 7, 11:35 AM HST · 19684 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
18. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Nov 7, 9:44 AM HST · 19684 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
19. 2.021 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 6, 9:01 PM HST · 19685 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
20. 2.212 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 6, 7:32 PM HST · 19685 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19722813. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:52 AM UTC.