Hawaii earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 6 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 6 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Feb 27, 1963, 9:42 PM GMT-10 (07:42 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 23 km SSE of Waimea, 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
1963-02-28 07:42:19 UTC
Depth
1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.380° N, 155.239° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.33
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
182°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 92 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.08 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23228 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.327 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23227 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 2.424 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23227 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 2.26 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23227 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 3.113 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23227 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 2.618 km S of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23227 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.525 km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 23222 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.214 km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 23222 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 2.45 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23222 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 2.814 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23222 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 3.026 km ESE of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 23222 days ago · 14 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 2.320 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23219 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 2.415 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23219 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 2.813 km SSW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 23219 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 2.511 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23217 days ago · 48 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 2.623 km NNE of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23217 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.320 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23216 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  18. 2.623 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23215 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 2.97 km ENE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 23215 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.214 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23215 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 3.716 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23214 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  22. 2.420 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23214 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
  23. 2.419 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23214 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
  24. 2.92 km ESE of Fern Acres, Hawaii · 23212 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  25. 2.83 km SE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 23210 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 2.717 km E of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 23210 days ago · -1 km deep · 63 km away
  27. 3.28 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23209 days ago · 27 km deep · 2 km away
  28. 2.424 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23209 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 2.46 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23209 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  30. 2.316 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23207 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  31. 2.78 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23207 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
  32. 3.017 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23207 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  33. 2.87 km SW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23206 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  34. 3.712 km ENE of Kealakekua, Hawaii · 23205 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
  35. 3.212 km NNE of Honomu, Hawaii · 23205 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 2.817 km ENE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 23205 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  37. 2.99 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23205 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  38. 3.27 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23205 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  39. 3.18 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23205 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  40. 3.010 km NNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 23205 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 3.221 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23205 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 3.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23204 days ago · 29 km deep · 6 km away
  43. 2.47 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23203 days ago · 28 km deep · 2 km away
  44. 2.719 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23203 days ago · -1 km deep · 19 km away
  45. 4.223 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23203 days ago · 16 km deep · 62 km away
  46. 2.712 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23203 days ago · 30 km deep · 6 km away
  47. 2.611 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23202 days ago · 19 km deep · 37 km away
  48. 2.620 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23201 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
  49. 2.610 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23201 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
  50. 2.616 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23200 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  51. 2.28 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23200 days ago · 30 km deep · 2 km away
  52. 2.58 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23199 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  53. 2.629 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23199 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  54. 2.720 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23199 days ago · -1 km deep · 20 km away
  55. 2.616 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23199 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  56. 2.83 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 23197 days ago · 30 km deep · 34 km away
  57. 3.410 km S of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23196 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  58. 3.59 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23195 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  59. 3.020 km WNW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 23195 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
  60. 3.39 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23194 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away

The first 60 of 92.

Before

  1. 1.911 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23230 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  2. 2.822 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23230 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 1.623 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23230 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 2.417 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23232 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 2.526 km WSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 23233 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.29 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23236 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 2.56 km ENE of Kealakekua, Hawaii · 23237 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 2.45 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23237 days ago · 27 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23238 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 2.316 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23238 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 2.015 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23239 days ago · -1 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 2.349 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23239 days ago · 16 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 2.65 km WSW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 23239 days ago · 27 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 2.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23240 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 2.716 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23240 days ago · 41 km deep · 25 km away
  16. 2.58 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23241 days ago · 30 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 3.01 km SSW of Kahaluu-Keauhou, Hawaii · 23243 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 2.716 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23243 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 2.77 km WSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 23244 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 3.016 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23245 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19630115. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:48 AM UTC.