M2.8 earthquake 21 km W of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 21 km W of Volcano, Hawaii on Fri, Jul 26, 1963, 3:21 AM GMT-10 (13:21 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 6 km SSW 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
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1963-07-26 13:21:19 UTC
- Depth
- 46.0 km (28.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.438° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 140°
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 137 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.318 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23067 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.114 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23066 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.824 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23066 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.213 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23065 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 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 · 28 km away
- 2.427 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23065 days ago · 17 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.65 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23065 days ago · 18 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23063 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.87 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23062 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23062 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.27 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23061 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.216 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23061 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.769 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23061 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 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 · 29 km away
- 2.79 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · -1 km deep · 25 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 · 38 km away
- 2.211 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · -1 km deep · 26 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 · 84 km away
- 3.019 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23059 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.56 km ESE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23058 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 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 · 60 km away
- 2.611 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23055 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 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 · 26 km away
- 2.620 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23054 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.41 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23054 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.515 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23051 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 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 · 23048 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.46 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.515 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23045 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 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
- 2.412 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23042 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.29 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23042 days ago · -1 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.419 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23041 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.13 km W of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23040 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.129 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23039 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.18 km ESE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23039 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.75 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.717 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.217 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.117 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.118 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.916 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.118 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.616 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · -1 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
The first 60 of 137.
Before
- 3.032 km W of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 23069 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.652 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23069 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.023 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23070 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.319 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23071 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.529 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23072 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.33 km E of Volcano, Hawaii · 23072 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.039 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23072 days ago · 44 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.116 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23073 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.315 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23074 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.725 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23074 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.316 km S of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 23075 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.119 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23075 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.66 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23076 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.59 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23076 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.68 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23077 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.218 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23079 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.021 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23080 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.721 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23081 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.415 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23082 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.119 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23082 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19630713. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:04 AM UTC.