Hawaii earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 5 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 5 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Aug 25, 1963, 11:35 PM GMT-10 (09:35 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.5 21 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1963-08-26 09:35:44 UTC
Depth
29.0 km (18.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.393° N, 155.237° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
111°
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: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.717 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 2.217 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 2.117 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 3.118 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 1.916 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 2.118 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 2.616 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 2.117 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 1.917 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 2.419 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 2.217 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 2.218 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 2.317 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 2.219 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 2.716 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 3.517 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 2.217 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  22. 1.917 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  23. 1.818 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  24. 2.511 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23046 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 2.915 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23045 days ago · -1 km deep · 13 km away
  26. 2.218 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23045 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  27. 2.419 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23045 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
  28. 3.024 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23045 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
  29. 3.09 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23044 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 3.323 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23044 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
  31. 3.07 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23044 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
  32. 3.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23043 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
  33. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23042 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  34. 2.412 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23042 days ago · 28 km deep · 8 km away
  35. 2.315 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23042 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  36. 1.920 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23041 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
  37. 2.54 km SE of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 23041 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 2.416 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23041 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  39. 2.58 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23041 days ago · 31 km deep · 5 km away
  40. 3.310 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23040 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  41. 2.617 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23040 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
  42. 2.624 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23039 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  43. 3.520 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · -1 km deep · 20 km away
  44. 3.118 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · -1 km deep · 18 km away
  45. 2.020 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  46. 2.218 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
  47. 3.118 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23038 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  48. 3.25 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23037 days ago · 27 km deep · 0 km away
  49. 2.34 km N of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23036 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  50. 2.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23036 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  51. 3.65 km SSW of Kahaluu-Keauhou, Hawaii · 23036 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
  52. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23034 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  53. 2.618 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23033 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  54. 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23033 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  55. 2.316 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23026 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  56. 2.87 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23024 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  57. 2.812 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23024 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  58. 2.612 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23024 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
  59. 2.39 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23023 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  60. 3.330 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23023 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.18 km ESE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23047 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 3.129 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23048 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 3.13 km W of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 23049 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  4. 2.419 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23050 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 2.29 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23051 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 2.412 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23051 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 2.110 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23051 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 2.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23054 days ago · 31 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 2.515 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23054 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 2.46 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23055 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 2.519 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23057 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  12. 3.010 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23057 days ago · -1 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 2.515 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23060 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 2.41 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23063 days ago · 20 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 2.620 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23063 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 1.619 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23064 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 2.617 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23064 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 3.48 km SSW of Volcano, HI · 23064 days ago · 30 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 2.611 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23064 days ago · 29 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 3.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23065 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19630765. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:50 AM UTC.