Hawaii earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 9 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 9 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Jan 9, 1963, 8:57 AM GMT-10 (18:57 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 15 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1963-01-09 18:57:45 UTC
Depth
30.1 km (18.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.380° N, 155.291° 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, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
116°
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: 88 in the 60 days after this one and 91 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.57 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 3.54 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.413 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 1.98 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 2.110 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 31 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 2.28 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 27 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.218 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23275 days ago · -1 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 2.813 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23275 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 2.610 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23275 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 2.97 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23274 days ago · 28 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 2.84 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23274 days ago · 32 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 2.116 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23274 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 2.532 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23273 days ago · 14 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 2.28 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23273 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 4.015 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23273 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  16. 2.08 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23272 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 2.39 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23272 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 2.617 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23271 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 3.48 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23270 days ago · 32 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 2.55 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  21. 2.56 km NNW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 2.810 km NNW of Puako, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 3.010 km NNW of Puako, Hawaii · 23265 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
  24. 2.6Hawaii region, Hawaii · 23265 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 2.68 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23265 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
  26. 3.113 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23262 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  27. 2.911 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23259 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
  28. 2.611 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23259 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
  29. 2.46 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23259 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  30. 2.828 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23259 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
  31. 3.57 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23258 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
  32. 2.27 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23257 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away
  33. 2.231 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23257 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  34. 2.416 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23256 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  35. 2.17 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23256 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  36. 2.210 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23256 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
  37. 3.219 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23256 days ago · -1 km deep · 14 km away
  38. 2.112 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23255 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  39. 2.411 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23255 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  40. 2.114 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23255 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  41. 3.17 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23254 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
  42. 2.421 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23252 days ago · 42 km deep · 35 km away
  43. 2.31 km WSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23252 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 2.417 km NW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 23251 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  45. 1.723 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23250 days ago · 15 km deep · 28 km away
  46. 2.519 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23249 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  47. 2.76 km NNE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23249 days ago · 12 km deep · 85 km away
  48. 2.45 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23249 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  49. 2.436 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23247 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
  50. 2.618 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23247 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  51. 2.13 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23246 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  52. 2.92 km W of Kahaluu-Keauhou, Hawaii · 23245 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  53. 2.216 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23245 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  54. 3.016 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23244 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  55. 2.77 km WSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 23242 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  56. 2.716 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23242 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
  57. 3.01 km SSW of Kahaluu-Keauhou, Hawaii · 23241 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  58. 2.58 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23239 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
  59. 2.716 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23238 days ago · 41 km deep · 31 km away
  60. 2.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23238 days ago · -1 km deep · 12 km away

The first 60 of 88.

Before

  1. 2.56 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 2.76 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 0 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 2.95 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 32 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 3.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 2.84 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 2.48 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 2.619 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 2.37 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 2.613 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 2.95 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 2.59 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 2.317 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 2.513 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 31 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 3.79 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 39 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 4.17 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 34 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 2.216 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 3.47 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 36 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 2.89 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 2.725 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19630034. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:39 PM UTC.