M2.7 earthquake 8 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Wed, Mar 20, 1963, 8:42 PM GMT-10

UTC

1963-03-21 06:42:15 UTC

Depth

28.0 km (17.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.385° N, 155.280° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.4 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.35

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

114°

Stations used

9

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast8 kmSW
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast40 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast343 kmSE

After

1. 3.017 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Mar 20, 9:15 PM GMT-10 · 23205 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
2. 2.87 km SW of Kailua-Kona, HawaiiThu, Mar 21, 7:57 PM GMT-10 · 23204 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
3. 3.712 km ENE of Kealakekua, HawaiiFri, Mar 22, 10:59 AM GMT-10 · 23203 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
4. 3.212 km NNE of Honomu, HawaiiFri, Mar 22, 5:38 PM GMT-10 · 23203 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
5. 2.817 km ENE of H?lualoa, HawaiiFri, Mar 22, 6:01 PM GMT-10 · 23203 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
6. 2.99 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Mar 22, 8:59 PM GMT-10 · 23203 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
7. 3.27 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Mar 22, 9:07 PM GMT-10 · 23203 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
8. 3.18 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Mar 22, 9:09 PM GMT-10 · 23203 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
9. 3.010 km NNW of Kalaoa, HawaiiFri, Mar 22, 9:11 PM GMT-10 · 23203 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
10. 3.221 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiSat, Mar 23, 4:48 AM GMT-10 · 23203 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
11. 3.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Mar 24, 10:03 AM GMT-10 · 23201 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
12. 2.47 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Mar 24, 11:31 AM GMT-10 · 23201 days ago · 28 km deep · 2 km away
13. 2.719 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Mar 24, 8:30 PM GMT-10 · 23201 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
14. 4.223 km SSE of Waimea, HawaiiSun, Mar 24, 10:31 PM GMT-10 · 23201 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
15. 2.712 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Mar 24, 11:43 PM GMT-10 · 23201 days ago · 30 km deep · 6 km away
16. 2.611 km SSE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Mar 25, 11:30 PM GMT-10 · 23200 days ago · 19 km deep · 35 km away
17. 2.620 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Mar 26, 8:56 PM GMT-10 · 23199 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
18. 2.610 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Mar 27, 4:55 AM GMT-10 · 23199 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
19. 2.616 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Mar 27, 5:24 PM GMT-10 · 23198 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
20. 2.28 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 28, 2:37 AM GMT-10 · 23198 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
21. 2.58 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Mar 28, 10:26 AM GMT-10 · 23197 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
22. 2.629 km SE of Waikoloa, HawaiiThu, Mar 28, 1:08 PM GMT-10 · 23197 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
23. 2.720 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 28, 7:47 PM GMT-10 · 23197 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
24. 2.616 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Mar 29, 12:50 AM GMT-10 · 23197 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
25. 2.83 km S of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Mar 30, 8:49 PM GMT-10 · 23195 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
26. 3.410 km S of Waikoloa, HawaiiSun, Mar 31, 4:36 PM GMT-10 · 23194 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
27. 3.59 km SE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 2, 9:12 AM GMT-10 · 23192 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
28. 3.020 km WNW of Mountain View, HawaiiTue, Apr 2, 10:00 AM GMT-10 · 23192 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
29. 3.39 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 2, 3:37 PM GMT-10 · 23192 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
30. 2.516 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 3, 6:10 AM GMT-10 · 23192 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
31. 3.619 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 6, 8:24 AM GMT-10 · 23188 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
32. 2.323 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Apr 7, 6:00 AM GMT-10 · 23188 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
33. 2.316 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 7, 7:38 AM GMT-10 · 23188 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
34. 2.516 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 7, 11:04 PM GMT-10 · 23187 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
35. 3.319 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 8, 9:02 AM GMT-10 · 23186 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
36. 2.87 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 10, 9:28 PM GMT-10 · 23184 days ago · 28 km deep · 2 km away
37. 2.512 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 11, 7:11 AM GMT-10 · 23184 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
38. 2.511 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiThu, Apr 11, 7:31 AM GMT-10 · 23184 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
39. 2.619 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 11, 1:01 PM GMT-10 · 23183 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
40. 2.117 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 11, 10:01 PM GMT-10 · 23183 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
41. 2.57 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 12, 12:19 AM GMT-10 · 23183 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
42. 2.220 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 13, 7:19 PM GMT-10 · 23181 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
43. 2.216 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 13, 7:20 PM GMT-10 · 23181 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
44. 3.122 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Apr 13, 10:52 PM GMT-10 · 23181 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
45. 3.311 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, HawaiiSun, Apr 14, 5:22 AM GMT-10 · 23181 days ago · 16 km deep · 90 km away
46. 2.219 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Apr 14, 7:15 PM GMT-10 · 23180 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
47. 2.719 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 17, 5:23 PM GMT-10 · 23177 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
48. 2.818 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 18, 7:12 AM GMT-10 · 23177 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
49. 2.912 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Apr 18, 7:33 AM GMT-10 · 23177 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
50. 3.128 km ESE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Apr 19, 7:19 AM GMT-10 · 23176 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
51. 2.620 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 19, 5:24 PM GMT-10 · 23175 days ago · 43 km deep · 17 km away
52. 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 20, 3:12 AM GMT-10 · 23175 days ago · 24 km deep · 3 km away
53. 3.56 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Apr 22, 4:01 AM GMT-10 · 23173 days ago · 28 km deep · 2 km away
54. 3.18 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 25, 7:18 AM GMT-10 · 23170 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
55. 2.91 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Apr 26, 11:46 PM GMT-10 · 23168 days ago · 43 km deep · 7 km away
56. 3.410 km W of Mountain View, HawaiiSat, Apr 27, 1:49 AM GMT-10 · 23168 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
57. 2.610 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSat, Apr 27, 1:53 AM GMT-10 · 23168 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
58. 2.57 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 27, 7:33 PM GMT-10 · 23167 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
59. 2.410 km SE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 28, 3:32 AM GMT-10 · 23167 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
60. 3.218 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Apr 28, 1:43 PM GMT-10 · 23166 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

1. 2.316 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Mar 20, 2:17 PM GMT-10 · 23205 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
2. 2.46 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Mar 19, 2:35 AM GMT-10 · 23207 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
3. 2.424 km SSE of Waimea, HawaiiMon, Mar 18, 10:02 PM GMT-10 · 23207 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
4. 3.28 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Mar 18, 2:44 PM GMT-10 · 23207 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
5. 2.717 km E of H?lualoa, HawaiiSun, Mar 17, 11:44 PM GMT-10 · 23208 days ago · -1 km deep · 59 km away
6. 2.83 km SE of H?lualoa, HawaiiSun, Mar 17, 11:32 PM GMT-10 · 23208 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
7. 2.92 km ESE of Fern Acres, HawaiiFri, Mar 15, 6:10 PM GMT-10 · 23210 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
8. 2.419 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 14, 1:23 AM GMT-10 · 23212 days ago · 20 km deep · 14 km away
9. 2.420 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiWed, Mar 13, 10:28 PM GMT-10 · 23212 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
10. 3.716 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Mar 13, 10:57 AM GMT-10 · 23212 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
11. 2.214 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiWed, Mar 13, 3:22 AM GMT-10 · 23213 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
12. 2.97 km ENE of H?lualoa, HawaiiWed, Mar 13, 1:37 AM GMT-10 · 23213 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
13. 2.623 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiTue, Mar 12, 10:08 PM GMT-10 · 23213 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
14. 2.320 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Mar 11, 9:33 PM GMT-10 · 23214 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
15. 2.623 km NNE of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiMon, Mar 11, 10:06 AM GMT-10 · 23214 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
16. 2.511 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Mar 10, 11:51 AM GMT-10 · 23215 days ago · 48 km deep · 19 km away
17. 2.813 km SSW of Honoka‘a, HawaiiFri, Mar 8, 5:22 PM GMT-10 · 23217 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
18. 2.415 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Mar 8, 3:45 PM GMT-10 · 23217 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
19. 2.320 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Mar 8, 2:25 PM GMT-10 · 23217 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
20. 3.026 km ESE of Nanawale Estates, HawaiiWed, Mar 6, 5:46 AM GMT-10 · 23220 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19630153. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:17 AM UTC.