M2.5 earthquake 16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Apr 3, 1963, 6:10 AM GMT-10 (16:10 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 17 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1963-04-03 16:10:09 UTC
- Depth
- -0.4 km (-0.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.294° N, 155.241° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 181°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
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 53 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.619 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23188 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.323 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23187 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.316 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23187 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.516 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23187 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.319 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23186 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.87 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23184 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.512 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23183 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.511 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23183 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.619 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23183 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.117 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23183 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.57 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23183 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.220 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23181 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.216 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23181 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.122 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23181 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.311 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23181 days ago · 16 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.219 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23180 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.719 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23177 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.818 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23176 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.912 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23176 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.128 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23175 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.620 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23175 days ago · 43 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23175 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23173 days ago · 28 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.18 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23169 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.91 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23168 days ago · 43 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.410 km W of Mountain View, Hawaii · 23168 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.610 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23168 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.57 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23167 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.410 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23167 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.218 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23166 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23166 days ago · -1 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.013 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23166 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.820 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23166 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.722 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23165 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.926 km ENE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 23165 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.67 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23164 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.86 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23164 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.019 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23163 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.47 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23162 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.416 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23160 days ago · 44 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.020 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23160 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.07 km SW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23160 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.214 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23158 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.39 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23155 days ago · -1 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.612 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23155 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.117 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23155 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.61 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23155 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.711 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23155 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23155 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.510 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23155 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.010 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23155 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.89 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23155 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.924 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23155 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.818 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23155 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.910 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23155 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.714 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23155 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.010 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23155 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.820 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23155 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.725 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23155 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23155 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 3.39 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23192 days ago · 30 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.020 km WNW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 23192 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.59 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23192 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.410 km S of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23194 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.83 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 23195 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.616 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23197 days ago · 13 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.720 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23197 days ago · -1 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.629 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23197 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.58 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23197 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.28 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23198 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.616 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23198 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.610 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23199 days ago · 28 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.620 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23199 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.611 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23200 days ago · 19 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.712 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23201 days ago · 30 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.223 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23201 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.719 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23201 days ago · -1 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.47 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23201 days ago · 28 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23201 days ago · 29 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.221 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23203 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19630187. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:14 AM UTC.