M2.2 earthquake 10 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 10 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Jul 11, 1973, 8:46 PM HST (06:46 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 15 km SSW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-07-12 06:46:10 UTC
- Depth
- 2.9 km (1.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.364° N, 155.186° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 88°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 190 in the 60 days after this one and 128 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.514 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19439 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.917 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19439 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.816 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19439 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.89 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19439 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.814 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19439 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.916 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19439 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19438 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19438 days ago · 34 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.89 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19438 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.81 km SSE of Honomu, Hawaii · 19438 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.917 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19438 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.13 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19438 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.917 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19438 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19437 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.321 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19437 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.513 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 19437 days ago · 36 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.329 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 19437 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19437 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.122 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19436 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19435 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.123 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19435 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.921 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19435 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.714 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19434 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.51 km NE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 19434 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.116 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 19434 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19434 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.918 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19434 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.317 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19434 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.16 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 19434 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.227 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19433 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.317 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 19433 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.623 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19433 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.89 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19432 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.218 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19432 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.017 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19432 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19432 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.910 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 19432 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.59 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 19432 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.313 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19431 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.512 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 19431 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.118 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19431 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.622 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19431 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.419 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 19430 days ago · 41 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 19430 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.63 km N of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 19430 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.917 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19429 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19428 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.91 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19428 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.515 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19428 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.67 km S of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 19427 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19427 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.025 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19427 days ago · -1 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19427 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.917 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19426 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19426 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.911 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19426 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.56 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19426 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.011 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 19425 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.29 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19425 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.124 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19425 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
The first 60 of 190.
Before
- 3.28 km S of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 19440 days ago · 39 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19441 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.714 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19441 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19441 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.012 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19442 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.024 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 19442 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.414 km N of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 19442 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.519 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 19442 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.814 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19442 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.432 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19442 days ago · 18 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.434 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19442 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.019 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19442 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19443 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.518 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19443 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.714 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 19443 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.314 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 19445 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.19 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 19445 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.018 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 19446 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.89 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 19446 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.53 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 19446 days ago · -1 km deep · 72 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19731815. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:13 PM UTC.