M3.0 earthquake 21 km W of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 21 km W of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Jul 14, 1963, 10:54 PM GMT-10 (08:54 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 18 km SSE 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
- 3.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1963-07-15 08:54:55 UTC
- Depth
- 9.4 km (5.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.425° N, 155.442° 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 1.8 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 248°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 121 in the 60 days after this one and 78 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.218 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23079 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.68 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23077 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.59 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23077 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.66 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23076 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.119 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23075 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.316 km S of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 23075 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.725 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23075 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.315 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23074 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.116 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23073 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.039 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23072 days ago · 44 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.33 km E of Volcano, Hawaii · 23072 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.529 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23072 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.319 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23071 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.023 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23070 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.652 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23069 days ago · 13 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.032 km W of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 23069 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.821 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23069 days ago · 46 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.318 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23067 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.114 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23066 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.824 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23066 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.213 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23065 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.014 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23065 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.018 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23065 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.427 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23065 days ago · 17 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.65 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23065 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23063 days ago · 30 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.87 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23062 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23062 days ago · 30 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.27 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23061 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.216 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23061 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.769 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23061 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.728 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.49 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · -1 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.79 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · -1 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.59 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.33 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.410 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · -1 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.511 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.314 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.211 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · -1 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.24 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.419 km NNE of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.019 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23059 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.56 km ESE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23059 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.27 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23058 days ago · 27 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23057 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.611 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23055 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.48 km SSW of Volcano, HI · 23055 days ago · 30 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.617 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23055 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.619 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23055 days ago · 32 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.620 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23054 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.41 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23054 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.515 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23052 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.010 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23049 days ago · -1 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.519 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23049 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.46 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.515 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23045 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23045 days ago · 31 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.110 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23042 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
The first 60 of 121.
Before
- 2.721 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23081 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.415 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23082 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.119 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23082 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.66 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23083 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23084 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.814 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23084 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.417 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23084 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.513 km S of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 23084 days ago · 30 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.310 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23085 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.87 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23088 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.719 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23088 days ago · 42 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.215 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23088 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.69 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23088 days ago · -1 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.89 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23089 days ago · -1 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.77 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23090 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.92 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23090 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.110 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23090 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.910 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23090 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.615 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23090 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23090 days ago · -1 km deep · 21 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19630695. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:57 AM UTC.