Hawaii earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 19 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 19 km W of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Mar 24, 1963, 8:30 PM GMT-10 (06:30 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
2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1963-03-25 06:30:36 UTC
Depth
-0.9 km (-0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.427° N, 155.416° 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, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
177°
Stations used
10

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 52 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.223 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23202 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 2.712 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23202 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 2.611 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23201 days ago · 19 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 2.620 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23200 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 2.610 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23200 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 2.616 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23199 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 2.28 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23199 days ago · 30 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 2.58 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23199 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 2.629 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23198 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 2.720 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23198 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 2.616 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23198 days ago · 13 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 2.83 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 23196 days ago · 30 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 3.410 km S of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23195 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 3.59 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23194 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 3.020 km WNW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 23194 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 3.39 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23193 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 2.516 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23193 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 3.619 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23190 days ago · 11 km deep · 0 km away
  19. 2.323 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23189 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 2.316 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23189 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  21. 2.516 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23188 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  22. 3.319 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23188 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  23. 2.87 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23185 days ago · 28 km deep · 17 km away
  24. 2.512 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23185 days ago · 28 km deep · 18 km away
  25. 2.511 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23185 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  26. 2.619 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23184 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  27. 2.117 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23184 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  28. 2.57 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23184 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
  29. 2.220 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23182 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
  30. 2.216 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23182 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
  31. 3.122 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23182 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  32. 3.311 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23182 days ago · 16 km deep · 75 km away
  33. 2.219 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23181 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  34. 2.719 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23178 days ago · 26 km deep · 24 km away
  35. 2.818 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23178 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
  36. 2.912 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23178 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  37. 3.128 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23177 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  38. 2.620 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23176 days ago · 43 km deep · 30 km away
  39. 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23176 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
  40. 3.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23174 days ago · 28 km deep · 17 km away
  41. 3.18 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23171 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
  42. 2.91 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23169 days ago · 43 km deep · 17 km away
  43. 3.410 km W of Mountain View, Hawaii · 23169 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  44. 2.610 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23169 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  45. 2.57 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23168 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
  46. 2.410 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23168 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  47. 3.218 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23167 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
  48. 2.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23167 days ago · -1 km deep · 19 km away
  49. 3.013 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23167 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  50. 2.820 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23167 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
  51. 2.722 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23166 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
  52. 2.926 km ENE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 23166 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  53. 2.67 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23165 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
  54. 2.86 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23165 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  55. 3.019 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23164 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  56. 2.47 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23163 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
  57. 2.416 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23161 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away
  58. 4.020 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23161 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  59. 3.07 km SW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23161 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
  60. 2.214 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23159 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.47 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23203 days ago · 28 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 3.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23203 days ago · 29 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 3.221 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23204 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 3.010 km NNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 23204 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 3.18 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23204 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 3.27 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23204 days ago · -1 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 2.99 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23204 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 2.817 km ENE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 23204 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 3.212 km NNE of Honomu, Hawaii · 23204 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 3.712 km ENE of Kealakekua, Hawaii · 23205 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 2.87 km SW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23205 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 3.017 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23206 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 2.78 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23206 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 2.316 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23206 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  15. 2.922 km WNW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23207 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.46 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23208 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 2.424 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23208 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 3.28 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23208 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 2.717 km E of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 23209 days ago · -1 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 2.83 km SE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 23209 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19630166. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:09 AM UTC.