Hawaii earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 20 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 20 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii on Sat, Oct 5, 1963, 4:24 AM GMT-10 (14:24 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 15 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
1963-10-05 14:24:59 UTC
Depth
4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.282° N, 155.111° 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 2.4 km horizontally, 13.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
273°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
3

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.211 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 2.411 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 3.011 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · -1 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 2.79 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 3.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 2.69 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 2.310 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 2.418 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 2.412 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  10. 2.66 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · -1 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 2.97 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 2.623 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 2.623 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 2.719 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 3.815 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 2.715 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 1.811 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · -1 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 2.619 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 2.622 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 2.412 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
  21. 2.321 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  22. 1.710 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · -1 km deep · 20 km away
  23. 2.232 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
  24. 1.622 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  25. 2.311 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
  26. 2.326 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  27. 2.512 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
  28. 2.49 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
  29. 3.127 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
  30. 2.034 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  31. 1.818 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  32. 1.99 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  33. 2.518 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  34. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
  35. 2.112 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  36. 2.912 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
  37. 2.632 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
  38. 2.58 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · -1 km deep · 23 km away
  39. 2.616 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
  40. 2.619 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
  41. 2.627 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  42. 2.512 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  43. 3.520 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  44. 2.116 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  45. 1.934 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  46. 2.416 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  47. 2.221 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
  48. 1.518 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  49. 2.719 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  50. 3.19 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · -1 km deep · 13 km away
  51. 1.825 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  52. 2.212 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
  53. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  54. 2.28 km SSW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  55. 2.031 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  56. 1.68 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · -1 km deep · 12 km away
  57. 2.514 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
  58. 1.816 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  59. 1.720 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  60. 2.119 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19630880. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:32 PM UTC.