Hawaii earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 15 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 15 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Jul 4, 1963, 3:11 AM GMT-10 (13:11 UTC), -1 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 11 km S of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1963-07-04 13:11:43 UTC
Depth
-0.8 km (-0.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.313° N, 155.276° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
266°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
6

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 143 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.49 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23091 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 3.011 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23091 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 2.810 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23091 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 2.910 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23091 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 2.98 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23091 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 3.712 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23091 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.68 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23091 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  8. 2.99 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23091 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 2.99 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23091 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 2.69 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23091 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 3.07 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23090 days ago · -1 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 2.97 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23090 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 2.822 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23090 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23090 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 2.910 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23090 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 2.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23090 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 2.615 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23090 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 2.910 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23090 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 3.110 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23090 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  20. 2.92 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23090 days ago · 26 km deep · 13 km away
  21. 2.77 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23090 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  22. 2.89 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23089 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
  23. 2.69 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23088 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
  24. 3.215 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23088 days ago · 13 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 2.719 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23088 days ago · 42 km deep · 15 km away
  26. 2.87 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23088 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
  27. 2.310 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23085 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
  28. 3.513 km S of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 23084 days ago · 30 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 3.417 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23084 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  30. 3.814 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23084 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  31. 3.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23084 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  32. 2.66 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23083 days ago · 32 km deep · 9 km away
  33. 2.119 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23082 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  34. 2.415 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23082 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  35. 2.721 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23081 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away
  36. 3.021 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23080 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  37. 3.218 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23079 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  38. 2.68 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23077 days ago · 32 km deep · 8 km away
  39. 3.59 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23076 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 2.66 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23076 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
  41. 3.119 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23075 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  42. 2.316 km S of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 23075 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 2.725 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23074 days ago · -1 km deep · 25 km away
  44. 3.315 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23074 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
  45. 3.116 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23073 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away
  46. 3.039 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23072 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away
  47. 3.33 km E of Volcano, Hawaii · 23072 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away
  48. 2.529 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23072 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  49. 2.319 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23071 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  50. 3.023 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23070 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  51. 2.652 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23069 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
  52. 2.821 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23069 days ago · 46 km deep · 22 km away
  53. 2.318 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23067 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
  54. 2.114 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23066 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
  55. 2.824 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23066 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  56. 2.213 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23065 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  57. 2.014 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23065 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
  58. 2.018 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23065 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  59. 2.427 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23065 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  60. 2.65 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23065 days ago · 18 km deep · 11 km away

The first 60 of 143.

Before

  1. 3.310 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23091 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.89 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23091 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.711 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23091 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 2.910 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23091 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 2.610 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23091 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 2.48 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23092 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 2.99 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23092 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 3.38 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23092 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 3.110 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23092 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 2.611 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23092 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 2.910 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23092 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 2.613 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23092 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 2.99 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23092 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 3.110 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23092 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 2.711 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23092 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 2.58 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23092 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 2.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23092 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 2.611 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23092 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 3.19 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23092 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 3.010 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23092 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19630659. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:22 AM UTC.