Hawaii earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 5 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 5 km W of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Jan 8, 1963, 6:18 PM GMT-10 (04:18 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 14 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1963-01-09 04:18:23 UTC
Depth
27.2 km (16.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.439° N, 155.288° 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 2.3 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
93°
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: 100 in the 60 days after this one and 80 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.613 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 2.37 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 2.619 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 30 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 2.48 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 2.84 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 30 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 3.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 2.95 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 32 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 2.76 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 2.56 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 31 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 2.99 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 3.57 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 31 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 3.54 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 28 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 2.413 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 1.98 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 2.110 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 31 km deep · 10 km away
  17. 2.28 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 27 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 2.218 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23266 days ago · -1 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 2.813 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23266 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 2.610 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23266 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
  21. 2.97 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23265 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
  22. 2.84 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23265 days ago · 32 km deep · 8 km away
  23. 2.116 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23265 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
  24. 2.532 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23264 days ago · 14 km deep · 58 km away
  25. 2.28 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23264 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  26. 4.015 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23264 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  27. 2.08 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23263 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
  28. 2.39 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23263 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
  29. 2.617 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23262 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  30. 3.48 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23261 days ago · 32 km deep · 4 km away
  31. 2.55 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23258 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  32. 2.56 km NNW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23258 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away
  33. 2.810 km NNW of Puako, Hawaii · 23258 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  34. 3.010 km NNW of Puako, Hawaii · 23256 days ago · 14 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 2.6Hawaii region, Hawaii · 23256 days ago · 13 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 2.68 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23256 days ago · 31 km deep · 10 km away
  37. 3.113 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23253 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  38. 2.911 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23250 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
  39. 2.611 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23250 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
  40. 2.46 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23250 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  41. 2.828 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23250 days ago · 14 km deep · 24 km away
  42. 3.57 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23249 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
  43. 2.27 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23248 days ago · 25 km deep · 7 km away
  44. 2.231 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23248 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  45. 2.416 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23247 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  46. 2.17 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23247 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  47. 2.210 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23247 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
  48. 3.219 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23247 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
  49. 2.112 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23246 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  50. 2.411 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23246 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  51. 2.114 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23246 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  52. 3.17 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23245 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
  53. 2.421 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23243 days ago · 42 km deep · 38 km away
  54. 2.31 km WSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23243 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
  55. 2.417 km NW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 23242 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  56. 1.723 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23241 days ago · 15 km deep · 21 km away
  57. 2.519 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23240 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  58. 2.76 km NNE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23240 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 2.45 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23240 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  60. 2.436 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23238 days ago · 16 km deep · 41 km away

The first 60 of 100.

Before

  1. 2.59 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.317 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 2.513 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 31 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 3.79 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 39 km deep · 12 km away
  5. 4.17 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 34 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 2.216 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 29 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 3.47 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 36 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 2.89 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 2.725 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 2.99 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 2.413 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 2.419 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 2.87 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 28 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 2.37 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 32 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 2.66 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 36 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 4.57 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
  17. 2.913 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 2.213 km W of Wainaku, Hawaii · 23271 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 2.621 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23271 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 3.417 km SSW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23274 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19630023. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:34 PM UTC.