M2.9 earthquake 9 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.9 (ml), micro

Local time

Tue, Jan 8, 1963, 10:08 AM GMT-10

UTC

1963-01-08 20:08:38 UTC

Depth

22.4 km (13.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.358° N, 155.253° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.7 km horizontally, 2.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.07

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

289°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

4

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast10 kmSSW
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast39 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast347 kmSE

After

1. 2.725 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 10:57 AM GMT-10 · 23268 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
2. 2.89 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 11:14 AM GMT-10 · 23268 days ago · 31 km deep · 1 km away
3. 3.47 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 12:00 PM GMT-10 · 23268 days ago · 36 km deep · 4 km away
4. 2.216 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 12:59 PM GMT-10 · 23268 days ago · 29 km deep · 20 km away
5. 4.17 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 3:41 PM GMT-10 · 23267 days ago · 34 km deep · 4 km away
6. 3.79 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 3:45 PM GMT-10 · 23267 days ago · 39 km deep · 5 km away
7. 2.513 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 3:54 PM GMT-10 · 23267 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away
8. 2.317 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 4:08 PM GMT-10 · 23267 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
9. 2.59 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 6:06 PM GMT-10 · 23267 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
10. 2.95 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 6:18 PM GMT-10 · 23267 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
11. 2.613 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 7:21 PM GMT-10 · 23267 days ago · 30 km deep · 15 km away
12. 2.37 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 7:45 PM GMT-10 · 23267 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
13. 2.619 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 8:01 PM GMT-10 · 23267 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
14. 2.3Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 12:02 AM GMT-10 · 23267 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
15. 2.48 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 12:39 AM GMT-10 · 23267 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
16. 2.84 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 4:36 AM GMT-10 · 23267 days ago · 30 km deep · 6 km away
17. 3.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 4:36 AM GMT-10 · 23267 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
18. 2.95 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 5:19 AM GMT-10 · 23267 days ago · 32 km deep · 6 km away
19. 2.76 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 5:24 AM GMT-10 · 23267 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
20. 2.56 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 6:45 AM GMT-10 · 23267 days ago · 31 km deep · 10 km away
21. 2.99 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 8:57 AM GMT-10 · 23267 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
22. 3.57 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 9:23 AM GMT-10 · 23267 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away
23. 3.54 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 10:54 AM GMT-10 · 23267 days ago · 28 km deep · 8 km away
24. 2.413 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 10:58 AM GMT-10 · 23267 days ago · 28 km deep · 9 km away
25. 1.98 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 11:22 AM GMT-10 · 23267 days ago · 30 km deep · 3 km away
26. 2.110 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 11:08 PM GMT-10 · 23266 days ago · 31 km deep · 1 km away
27. 2.28 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 9, 11:22 PM GMT-10 · 23266 days ago · 27 km deep · 2 km away
28. 2.218 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiThu, Jan 10, 4:05 AM GMT-10 · 23266 days ago · -1 km deep · 58 km away
29. 2.813 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jan 10, 7:37 AM GMT-10 · 23266 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
30. 2.610 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 10, 3:31 PM GMT-10 · 23265 days ago · 30 km deep · 2 km away
31. 2.97 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 11, 1:52 AM GMT-10 · 23265 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
32. 2.84 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 11, 2:06 PM GMT-10 · 23264 days ago · 32 km deep · 6 km away
33. 2.116 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 11, 10:18 PM GMT-10 · 23264 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away
34. 2.532 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Jan 12, 1:49 AM GMT-10 · 23264 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
35. 2.28 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 12, 6:42 AM GMT-10 · 23264 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
36. 4.015 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jan 12, 11:44 PM GMT-10 · 23263 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
37. 2.08 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 13, 6:42 AM GMT-10 · 23263 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
38. 2.39 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 13, 12:12 PM GMT-10 · 23263 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
39. 2.617 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 14, 1:50 PM GMT-10 · 23262 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
40. 3.48 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 15, 3:21 AM GMT-10 · 23261 days ago · 32 km deep · 13 km away
41. 2.55 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 18, 5:58 AM GMT-10 · 23258 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
42. 2.56 km NNW of Hawaiian Ocean View, HawaiiFri, Jan 18, 10:51 AM GMT-10 · 23258 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
43. 2.6Hawaii region, HawaiiSun, Jan 20, 10:33 AM GMT-10 · 23256 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away
44. 2.68 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 20, 5:42 PM GMT-10 · 23255 days ago · 31 km deep · 2 km away
45. 3.113 km SE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, Jan 23, 6:12 AM GMT-10 · 23253 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
46. 2.911 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jan 26, 8:24 PM GMT-10 · 23249 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
47. 2.611 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 26, 10:12 PM GMT-10 · 23249 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
48. 2.46 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 26, 11:14 PM GMT-10 · 23249 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
49. 2.828 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jan 26, 11:29 PM GMT-10 · 23249 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
50. 3.57 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 27, 1:58 PM GMT-10 · 23249 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
51. 2.27 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 28, 3:15 PM GMT-10 · 23247 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away
52. 2.231 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 28, 3:17 PM GMT-10 · 23247 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
53. 2.416 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 29, 2:08 AM GMT-10 · 23247 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
54. 2.17 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Jan 29, 2:42 AM GMT-10 · 23247 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
55. 2.210 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 29, 12:53 PM GMT-10 · 23247 days ago · 29 km deep · 1 km away
56. 3.219 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 29, 2:08 PM GMT-10 · 23246 days ago · -1 km deep · 18 km away
57. 2.112 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 30, 12:39 AM GMT-10 · 23246 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
58. 2.411 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 30, 6:40 AM GMT-10 · 23246 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
59. 2.114 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 30, 11:08 PM GMT-10 · 23245 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
60. 3.17 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jan 31, 2:25 PM GMT-10 · 23244 days ago · -1 km deep · 13 km away

The first 60 of 106.

Before

1. 2.413 km NW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 10:02 AM GMT-10 · 23268 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
2. 2.419 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 9:50 AM GMT-10 · 23268 days ago · 27 km deep · 23 km away
3. 2.87 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 9:49 AM GMT-10 · 23268 days ago · 28 km deep · 2 km away
4. 2.37 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 9:48 AM GMT-10 · 23268 days ago · 32 km deep · 2 km away
5. 2.66 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 9:46 AM GMT-10 · 23268 days ago · 36 km deep · 5 km away
6. 4.57 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 9:39 AM GMT-10 · 23268 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
7. 2.913 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 8, 7:56 AM GMT-10 · 23268 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
8. 2.213 km W of Wainaku, HawaiiSat, Jan 5, 10:28 PM GMT-10 · 23270 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
9. 2.621 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 5, 5:33 PM GMT-10 · 23270 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
10. 3.417 km SSW of Hawaiian Ocean View, HawaiiWed, Jan 2, 8:02 AM GMT-10 · 23274 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
11. 2.77 km NNE of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiWed, Jan 2, 3:40 AM GMT-10 · 23274 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
12. 2.94 km NNW of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Dec 31, 7:11 AM GMT-10 · 23276 days ago · -1 km deep · 45 km away
13. 2.815 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Dec 31, 6:02 AM GMT-10 · 23276 days ago · -1 km deep · 49 km away
14. 4.38 km NW of Hawaiian Ocean View, HawaiiSun, Dec 30, 5:47 PM GMT-10 · 23276 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
15. 2.65 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 29, 6:48 PM GMT-10 · 23277 days ago · 32 km deep · 7 km away
16. 3.17 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 29, 6:41 PM GMT-10 · 23277 days ago · 28 km deep · 8 km away
17. 3.011 km NE of Hawaiian Ocean View, HawaiiSat, Dec 29, 2:09 PM GMT-10 · 23277 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
18. 2.618 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 29, 9:33 AM GMT-10 · 23278 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
19. 3.220 km N of Hawaiian Ocean View, HawaiiFri, Dec 28, 3:49 AM GMT-10 · 23279 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
20. 4.019 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, Dec 28, 1:06 AM GMT-10 · 23279 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19630013. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:33 AM UTC.