Hawaii earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 9 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 9 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Aug 21, 1963, 1:58 PM GMT-10 (23:58 UTC), -1 km (-1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 19 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1963-08-21 23:58:36 UTC
Depth
-1.0 km (-0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.364° N, 155.193° 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 1.9 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.12
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
245°, 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 2.419 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 2.217 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · -1 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 2.218 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 2.317 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 2.219 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 2.716 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · -1 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 3.517 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 2.217 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 1.917 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 1.818 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 2.511 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 2.915 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23036 days ago · -1 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 2.218 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23036 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 2.419 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23036 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 3.024 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23036 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 3.09 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23036 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 3.323 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23036 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 3.07 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23035 days ago · 27 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 3.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23034 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
  21. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23033 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  22. 2.412 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23033 days ago · 28 km deep · 11 km away
  23. 2.315 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23033 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
  24. 1.920 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23032 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
  25. 2.54 km SE of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 23032 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 2.416 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23032 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  27. 2.58 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23032 days ago · 31 km deep · 10 km away
  28. 3.310 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23031 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  29. 2.617 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23031 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
  30. 2.624 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23031 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  31. 3.520 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23029 days ago · -1 km deep · 24 km away
  32. 3.118 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23029 days ago · -1 km deep · 23 km away
  33. 2.020 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23029 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  34. 2.218 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23029 days ago · -1 km deep · 22 km away
  35. 3.118 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23029 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  36. 3.25 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23028 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
  37. 2.34 km N of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23027 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 2.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23027 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  39. 3.65 km SSW of Kahaluu-Keauhou, Hawaii · 23027 days ago · 11 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23026 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  41. 2.618 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23024 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  42. 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23024 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  43. 2.316 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23017 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  44. 2.87 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23015 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  45. 2.812 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23015 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
  46. 2.612 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23015 days ago · -1 km deep · 11 km away
  47. 2.39 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23015 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  48. 3.330 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23015 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
  49. 1.913 km WNW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 23014 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  50. 2.819 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23014 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  51. 2.218 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23014 days ago · -1 km deep · 21 km away
  52. 2.218 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23014 days ago · -1 km deep · 24 km away
  53. 3.37 km WSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 23014 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  54. 2.420 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23012 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
  55. 4.67 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23012 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
  56. 2.518 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23012 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  57. 3.018 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23012 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
  58. 2.713 km NNE of Pāhala, HI · 23012 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  59. 2.415 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23012 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  60. 2.516 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23012 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19630759. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:25 AM UTC.