M2.5 earthquake 17 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.5 (ml), micro

Local time

Tue, Dec 12, 1972, 1:38 PM HST

UTC

1972-12-12 23:38:53 UTC

Depth

6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.453° N, 155.403° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

72°

Stations used

21

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast18 kmW
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast45 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast329 kmSE

After

1. 2.37 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 13, 5:03 AM HST · 19641 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
2. 1.918 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 13, 2:37 PM HST · 19640 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
3. 2.05 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 13, 4:59 PM HST · 19640 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
4. 2.26 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 13, 10:18 PM HST · 19640 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
5. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Dec 13, 11:03 PM HST · 19640 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
6. 2.020 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 13, 11:21 PM HST · 19640 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
7. 2.29 km W of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Dec 14, 1:34 AM HST · 19640 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
8. 2.2Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Dec 14, 3:06 AM HST · 19640 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
9. 2.320 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Dec 15, 12:03 PM HST · 19639 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
10. 2.57 km W of Pepeekeo, HawaiiFri, Dec 15, 11:36 PM HST · 19638 days ago · 36 km deep · 48 km away
11. 2.117 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 17, 7:48 AM HST · 19637 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
12. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 17, 4:02 PM HST · 19636 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
13. 2.97 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Dec 17, 6:16 PM HST · 19636 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
14. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 17, 9:00 PM HST · 19636 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
15. 2.318 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 18, 5:34 AM HST · 19636 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
16. 2.828 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiMon, Dec 18, 10:15 AM HST · 19636 days ago · 21 km deep · 37 km away
17. 2.719 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Dec 19, 3:29 AM HST · 19635 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
18. 1.815 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 19, 4:32 AM HST · 19635 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
19. 1.98 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 20, 12:15 AM HST · 19634 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
20. 2.07 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 20, 12:23 AM HST · 19634 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
21. 2.612 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 20, 9:34 AM HST · 19634 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
22. 3.113 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, HawaiiWed, Dec 20, 5:33 PM HST · 19633 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
23. 2.77 km NE of Waikoloa, HawaiiWed, Dec 20, 9:31 PM HST · 19633 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
24. 2.022 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Dec 21, 3:16 PM HST · 19632 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
25. 2.121 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Dec 21, 4:11 PM HST · 19632 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
26. 1.89 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 21, 7:29 PM HST · 19632 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
27. 3.010 km N of Puako, HawaiiThu, Dec 21, 9:16 PM HST · 19632 days ago · 21 km deep · 81 km away
28. 3.23 km WSW of Captain Cook, HawaiiThu, Dec 21, 10:42 PM HST · 19632 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
29. 1.918 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 22, 11:38 AM HST · 19632 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
30. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 22, 5:53 PM HST · 19631 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
31. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 22, 9:55 PM HST · 19631 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
32. 1.816 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 22, 10:17 PM HST · 19631 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
33. 5.20 km NNW of Kahaluu-Keauhou, HawaiiSat, Dec 23, 9:04 AM HST · 19631 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away
34. 2.94 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSat, Dec 23, 9:12 AM HST · 19631 days ago · 41 km deep · 45 km away
35. 4.60 km S of Kahaluu-Keauhou, HawaiiSun, Dec 24, 10:43 AM HST · 19630 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
36. 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 24, 10:49 PM HST · 19629 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
37. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 25, 12:40 AM HST · 19629 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
38. 2.424 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiMon, Dec 25, 2:59 AM HST · 19629 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
39. 2.411 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Dec 25, 5:26 AM HST · 19629 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
40. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 25, 5:38 AM HST · 19629 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
41. 1.918 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 25, 6:03 AM HST · 19629 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
42. 2.04 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 25, 7:17 AM HST · 19629 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
43. 3.20 km NW of Kahaluu-Keauhou, HawaiiMon, Dec 25, 10:08 PM HST · 19628 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
44. 2.022 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 26, 2:06 AM HST · 19628 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
45. 2.723 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 26, 6:02 PM HST · 19627 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
46. 2.39 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 26, 9:01 PM HST · 19627 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
47. 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 27, 8:00 AM HST · 19627 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
48. 2.021 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 29, 7:54 PM HST · 19624 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
49. 2.114 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Dec 29, 11:32 PM HST · 19624 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
50. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 30, 3:33 AM HST · 19624 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
51. 2.017 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 30, 11:40 AM HST · 19624 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
52. 2.714 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 30, 2:42 PM HST · 19623 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
53. 2.123 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Dec 31, 4:00 AM HST · 19623 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
54. 2.314 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 31, 12:37 PM HST · 19623 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
55. 1.913 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 31, 9:58 PM HST · 19622 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
56. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 1, 7:14 PM HST · 19621 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
57. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 1, 8:19 PM HST · 19621 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
58. 2.05 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 2, 6:59 PM HST · 19620 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
59. 1.95 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 2, 7:30 PM HST · 19620 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
60. 3.610 km WSW of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 2, 8:20 PM HST · 19620 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away

The first 60 of 180.

Before

1. 2.712 km NW of Mountain View, HawaiiTue, Dec 12, 6:05 AM HST · 19642 days ago · 24 km deep · 31 km away
2. 2.87 km NNE of Kea‘au, HawaiiMon, Dec 11, 2:29 AM HST · 19643 days ago · 42 km deep · 49 km away
3. 2.322 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 10, 9:55 PM HST · 19643 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
4. 2.015 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Dec 10, 10:46 AM HST · 19644 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
5. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Dec 10, 3:59 AM HST · 19644 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
6. 2.314 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiSun, Dec 10, 12:58 AM HST · 19644 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
7. 2.633 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiSun, Dec 10, 12:44 AM HST · 19644 days ago · 22 km deep · 32 km away
8. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 9, 5:38 PM HST · 19644 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
9. 1.919 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 8, 9:28 AM HST · 19646 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
10. 2.610 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 8, 7:05 AM HST · 19646 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
11. 3.113 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiFri, Dec 8, 4:34 AM HST · 19646 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
12. 2.513 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Dec 8, 2:47 AM HST · 19646 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
13. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 7, 11:19 PM HST · 19646 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
14. 2.51 km N of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Dec 7, 11:59 AM HST · 19647 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
15. 3.023 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 7, 10:25 AM HST · 19647 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
16. 2.26 km WSW of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 6, 9:10 PM HST · 19647 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
17. 1.917 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 6, 1:04 PM HST · 19648 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
18. 2.212 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 6, 8:07 AM HST · 19648 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
19. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 4, 5:42 PM HST · 19649 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19723043. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC.