M2.2 earthquake 11 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 11 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Aug 4, 1963, 7:17 AM GMT-10 (17:17 UTC), -1 km (-1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 19 km NNE of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1963-08-04 17:17:39 UTC
- Depth
- -0.8 km (-0.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.336° N, 155.219° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.26
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 205°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 126 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.24 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.419 km NNE of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.019 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23059 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.56 km ESE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23059 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.27 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23058 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23057 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.611 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23055 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.48 km SSW of Volcano, HI · 23055 days ago · 30 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.617 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23055 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.619 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23055 days ago · 32 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.620 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23054 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.41 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23054 days ago · 20 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.515 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23052 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.010 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23049 days ago · -1 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.519 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23049 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.46 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.515 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23045 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23045 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.110 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23042 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.412 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23042 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.29 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23042 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.419 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23041 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.13 km W of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23040 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.129 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23039 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.18 km ESE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23039 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.75 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.717 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.217 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.117 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.118 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.916 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.118 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.616 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.117 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.917 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.419 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.217 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · -1 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.218 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.317 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.219 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.716 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · -1 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.517 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.217 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.917 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.818 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.511 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.915 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23036 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.218 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23036 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.419 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23036 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.024 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23036 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.09 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23036 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.323 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23036 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.07 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23035 days ago · 27 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23034 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23034 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.412 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23033 days ago · 28 km deep · 8 km away
The first 60 of 126.
Before
- 2.314 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.511 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.410 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.33 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.59 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.79 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.49 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.728 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · 17 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.769 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23061 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.216 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23061 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.27 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23061 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23062 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.87 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23062 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23063 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.65 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23065 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.427 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23065 days ago · 17 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.018 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23065 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.014 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23065 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.213 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23065 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19630737. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:11 AM UTC.