Hawaii earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 12 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 12 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Jul 2, 1963, 6:16 PM GMT-10 (04:16 UTC), -1 km (-1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 17 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1963-07-03 04:16:00 UTC
Depth
-0.8 km (-0.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.328° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
207°, 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: 159 in the 60 days after this one and 75 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.711 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23102 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 3.010 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23101 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 3.19 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23101 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.611 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23101 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 2.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23101 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.58 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23101 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 2.711 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23101 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 3.110 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23101 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 2.99 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23101 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 2.613 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23101 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 2.910 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23101 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 2.611 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23101 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 3.110 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23101 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 3.38 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23101 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 2.99 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23101 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 2.48 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23101 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 2.610 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23101 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 2.910 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23101 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 2.711 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23100 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 2.89 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23100 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  21. 3.310 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23100 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  22. 2.915 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23100 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  23. 2.49 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23100 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  24. 3.011 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23100 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  25. 2.810 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23100 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  26. 2.910 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23100 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  27. 2.98 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23100 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  28. 3.712 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23100 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  29. 2.68 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23100 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  30. 2.99 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23100 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  31. 2.99 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23100 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  32. 2.69 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23100 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  33. 3.07 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23100 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  34. 2.97 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23100 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  35. 2.822 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23100 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
  36. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23100 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  37. 2.910 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23100 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  38. 2.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23100 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  39. 2.615 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23099 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  40. 2.910 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23099 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  41. 3.110 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23099 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  42. 2.92 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23099 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
  43. 2.77 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23099 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  44. 2.89 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23099 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  45. 2.69 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23098 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  46. 3.215 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23098 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  47. 2.719 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23098 days ago · 42 km deep · 12 km away
  48. 2.87 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23097 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
  49. 2.310 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23094 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  50. 3.513 km S of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 23094 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
  51. 3.417 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23093 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  52. 3.814 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23093 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  53. 3.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23093 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
  54. 2.66 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23093 days ago · 32 km deep · 8 km away
  55. 2.119 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23092 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  56. 2.415 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23091 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  57. 2.721 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23090 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  58. 3.021 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23089 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  59. 3.218 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23088 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  60. 2.68 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23086 days ago · 32 km deep · 8 km away

The first 60 of 159.

Before

  1. 3.218 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23102 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23102 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 2.711 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23102 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.711 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23102 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 2.616 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23102 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 3.410 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23102 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.89 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23102 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 3.210 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23102 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 2.711 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23102 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 3.011 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23102 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 3.09 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23102 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.912 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23102 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 2.59 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23102 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 3.113 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23102 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 3.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23102 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 3.35 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23102 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 3.611 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23102 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 3.39 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23102 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 3.111 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23102 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 2.610 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23102 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19630637. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:12 PM UTC.