M3.1 earthquake 7 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 7 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Mar 24, 1963, 10:03 AM GMT-10 (20:03 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 23 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1963-03-24 20:03:34 UTC
- Depth
- 29.3 km (18.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.401° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.47 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23201 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.719 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23200 days ago · -1 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.223 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23200 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.712 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23200 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.611 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23199 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.620 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23198 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.610 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23198 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.616 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23198 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.28 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23197 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.58 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23197 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.629 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23197 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.720 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23196 days ago · -1 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.616 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23196 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.83 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 23194 days ago · 30 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.410 km S of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23194 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.59 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23192 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.020 km WNW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 23192 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.39 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23192 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.516 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23191 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.619 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23188 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.323 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23187 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.316 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23187 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.516 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23186 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.319 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23186 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.87 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23183 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.512 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23183 days ago · 28 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.511 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23183 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.619 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23183 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.117 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23182 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.57 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23182 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.220 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23180 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.216 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23180 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.122 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23180 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.311 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23180 days ago · 16 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.219 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23179 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.719 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23177 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.818 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23176 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.912 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23176 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.128 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23175 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.620 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23175 days ago · 43 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23174 days ago · 24 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23172 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.18 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23169 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.91 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23167 days ago · 43 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.410 km W of Mountain View, Hawaii · 23167 days ago · 21 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.610 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23167 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.57 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23166 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.410 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23166 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.218 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23166 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23165 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.013 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23165 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.820 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23165 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.722 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23164 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.926 km ENE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 23164 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.67 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23163 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.86 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23163 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.019 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23163 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.47 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23161 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.416 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23160 days ago · 44 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.020 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23160 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 3.221 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23202 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.010 km NNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 23202 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.18 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23202 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.27 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23202 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.99 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23202 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.817 km ENE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 23203 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.212 km NNE of Honomu, Hawaii · 23203 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.712 km ENE of Kealakekua, Hawaii · 23203 days ago · 16 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.87 km SW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23203 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.017 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23204 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.78 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23204 days ago · 28 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.316 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23205 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.46 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23206 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.424 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23206 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.28 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23207 days ago · 27 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.717 km E of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 23207 days ago · -1 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.83 km SE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 23207 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.92 km ESE of Fern Acres, Hawaii · 23210 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.419 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23211 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.420 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23211 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19630164. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:14 PM UTC.