Hawaii earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 18 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 18 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Dec 29, 1962, 9:33 AM GMT-10 (19:33 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 7 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1962-12-29 19:33:07 UTC
Depth
2.3 km (1.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.291° N, 155.162° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 3.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
196°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 94 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.011 km NE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23287 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 3.17 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23286 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 2.65 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23286 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 4.38 km NW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23285 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 2.815 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23285 days ago · -1 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.94 km NNW of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23285 days ago · -1 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 2.77 km NNE of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23283 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 3.417 km SSW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23283 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.621 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23279 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 2.213 km W of Wainaku, Hawaii · 23279 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 2.913 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 4.57 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 2.66 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 36 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 2.37 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 32 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 2.87 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 2.419 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 27 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 2.413 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 29 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 2.99 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 2.725 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 2.89 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 31 km deep · 13 km away
  21. 3.47 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 36 km deep · 16 km away
  22. 2.216 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 29 km deep · 32 km away
  23. 4.17 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 34 km deep · 11 km away
  24. 3.79 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 39 km deep · 9 km away
  25. 2.513 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 31 km deep · 13 km away
  26. 2.317 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 28 km deep · 32 km away
  27. 2.59 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
  28. 2.95 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
  29. 2.613 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 30 km deep · 27 km away
  30. 2.37 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
  31. 2.619 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  32. 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
  33. 2.48 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  34. 2.84 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
  35. 3.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  36. 2.95 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
  37. 2.76 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 2.56 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 31 km deep · 22 km away
  39. 2.99 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
  40. 3.57 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 31 km deep · 20 km away
  41. 3.54 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 28 km deep · 19 km away
  42. 2.413 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
  43. 1.98 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
  44. 2.110 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23275 days ago · 31 km deep · 12 km away
  45. 2.28 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23275 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away
  46. 2.218 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23275 days ago · -1 km deep · 68 km away
  47. 2.813 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23275 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  48. 2.610 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23274 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
  49. 2.97 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23274 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
  50. 2.84 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23274 days ago · 32 km deep · 14 km away
  51. 2.116 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23273 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
  52. 2.532 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23273 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
  53. 2.28 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23273 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
  54. 4.015 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23272 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  55. 2.08 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23272 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  56. 2.39 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23272 days ago · 29 km deep · 14 km away
  57. 2.617 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23271 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  58. 3.48 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23270 days ago · 32 km deep · 25 km away
  59. 2.55 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  60. 2.56 km NNW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away

The first 60 of 106.

Before

  1. 3.220 km N of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23288 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 4.019 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23288 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 2.118 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23288 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 1.918 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23288 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 2.724 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23289 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 2.55 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23289 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 3.09 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23289 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 2.50 km NNE of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 23289 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.315 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23290 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 2.520 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23292 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.711 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23292 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 1.78 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23294 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 2.67 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23294 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 3.51 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23295 days ago · 27 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 2.410 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23295 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 2.319 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23296 days ago · -1 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 2.47 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23297 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 2.429 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23297 days ago · 20 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 2.48 km N of Honomu, Hawaii · 23297 days ago · 13 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 2.414 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23298 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19620993. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:11 PM UTC.