Hawaii earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 17 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 17 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Aug 8, 1963, 10:04 PM GMT-10 (08:04 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 20 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1963-08-09 08:04:12 UTC
Depth
7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.288° N, 155.223° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
235°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 171 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.619 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23055 days ago · 32 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 2.620 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23054 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 2.41 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23054 days ago · 20 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 2.515 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23051 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 3.010 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23048 days ago · -1 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.519 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23048 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 2.46 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · 29 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 2.515 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23045 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 2.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23045 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 2.110 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23042 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 2.412 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23042 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 2.29 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23042 days ago · -1 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 2.419 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23041 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 3.13 km W of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23040 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 3.129 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23039 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 2.18 km ESE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23039 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.75 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 29 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 4.717 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 2.217 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
  21. 2.117 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
  22. 3.118 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  23. 1.916 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  24. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  25. 2.118 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  26. 2.616 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · -1 km deep · 19 km away
  27. 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  28. 2.117 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  29. 1.917 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  31. 2.419 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 2.217 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · -1 km deep · 21 km away
  33. 2.218 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
  34. 2.317 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
  35. 2.219 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
  36. 2.716 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · -1 km deep · 20 km away
  37. 3.517 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  38. 2.217 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  39. 1.917 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  40. 1.818 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  41. 2.511 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
  42. 2.915 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23036 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
  43. 2.218 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23036 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  44. 2.419 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23036 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
  45. 3.024 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23036 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
  46. 3.09 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23036 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 3.323 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23036 days ago · 13 km deep · 27 km away
  48. 3.07 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23035 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
  49. 3.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23034 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
  50. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23033 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  51. 2.412 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23033 days ago · 28 km deep · 9 km away
  52. 2.315 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23033 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  53. 1.920 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23032 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
  54. 2.54 km SE of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 23032 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  55. 2.416 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23032 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  56. 2.58 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23032 days ago · 31 km deep · 13 km away
  57. 3.310 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23031 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  58. 2.617 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23031 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
  59. 2.624 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23030 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  60. 3.520 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23029 days ago · -1 km deep · 24 km away

The first 60 of 171.

Before

  1. 3.48 km SSW of Volcano, HI · 23055 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 2.611 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23055 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 3.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23057 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.27 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23058 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 2.56 km ESE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23058 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 3.019 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23059 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 3.419 km NNE of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.24 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · 29 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 2.211 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 2.314 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 2.511 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 2.410 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 2.33 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 2.59 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 2.79 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 2.49 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 2.728 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · 17 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 2.769 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23061 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 2.216 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23061 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19630746. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:34 AM UTC.