Hawaii earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 12 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 12 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Mar 24, 1963, 11:43 PM GMT-10 (09:43 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 17 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1963-03-25 09:43:06 UTC
Depth
29.8 km (18.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.334° N, 155.274° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
165°
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: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.611 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23200 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 2.620 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23199 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 2.610 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23198 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.616 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23198 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.28 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23197 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 2.58 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23197 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 2.629 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23197 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 2.720 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23197 days ago · -1 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 2.616 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23197 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 2.83 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 23195 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 3.410 km S of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23194 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 3.59 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23192 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 3.020 km WNW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 23192 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 3.39 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23192 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 2.516 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23191 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 3.619 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23188 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 2.323 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23187 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 2.316 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23187 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 2.516 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23187 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 3.319 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23186 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  21. 2.87 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23184 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  22. 2.512 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23183 days ago · 28 km deep · 1 km away
  23. 2.511 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23183 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 2.619 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23183 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  25. 2.117 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23183 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  26. 2.57 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23183 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
  27. 2.220 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23181 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
  28. 2.216 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23181 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
  29. 3.122 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23181 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 3.311 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23180 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 2.219 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23180 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  32. 2.719 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23177 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  33. 2.818 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23176 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
  34. 2.912 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23176 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  35. 3.128 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23175 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  36. 2.620 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23175 days ago · 43 km deep · 12 km away
  37. 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23174 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
  38. 3.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23172 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
  39. 3.18 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23169 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  40. 2.91 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23168 days ago · 43 km deep · 12 km away
  41. 3.410 km W of Mountain View, Hawaii · 23167 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
  42. 2.610 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23167 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 2.57 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23167 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  44. 2.410 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23166 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  45. 3.218 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23166 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  46. 2.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23166 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  47. 3.013 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23165 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  48. 2.820 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23165 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
  49. 2.722 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23165 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
  50. 2.926 km ENE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 23165 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  51. 2.67 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23164 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  52. 2.86 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23164 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  53. 3.019 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23163 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  54. 2.47 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23162 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  55. 2.416 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23160 days ago · 44 km deep · 28 km away
  56. 4.020 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23160 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  57. 3.07 km SW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23160 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
  58. 2.214 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23158 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  59. 3.39 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23155 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
  60. 3.612 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23155 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 4.223 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23201 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.719 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23201 days ago · -1 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 2.47 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23201 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 3.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23201 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 3.221 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23202 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 3.010 km NNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 23203 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 3.18 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23203 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 3.27 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23203 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 2.99 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23203 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 2.817 km ENE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 23203 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 3.212 km NNE of Honomu, Hawaii · 23203 days ago · 13 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 3.712 km ENE of Kealakekua, Hawaii · 23203 days ago · 16 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 2.87 km SW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23204 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 3.017 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23205 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 2.78 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23205 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 2.316 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23205 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 2.46 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23206 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 2.424 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23207 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 3.28 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23207 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 2.717 km E of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 23208 days ago · -1 km deep · 62 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19630168. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:03 PM UTC.