M2.7 earthquake 16 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 16 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Aug 26, 1963, 7:44 PM GMT-10 (05:44 UTC), -1 km (-1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 7 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
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1963-08-27 05:44:20 UTC
- Depth
- -1.2 km (-0.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.387° N, 155.383° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 148°
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23026 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.618 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23024 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23024 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.316 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23017 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.87 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23015 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.812 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23015 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.612 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23015 days ago · -1 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.39 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23015 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.330 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23015 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.913 km WNW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 23014 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.819 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23014 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.218 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23014 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.218 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23014 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.37 km WSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 23014 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.420 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23012 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.67 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23012 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.518 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23012 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.018 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23012 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.713 km NNE of Pāhala, HI · 23012 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.415 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23012 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.516 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23012 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.616 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23012 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.413 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23011 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.513 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23011 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.314 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23011 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.418 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23011 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.615 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23011 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.612 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23011 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.516 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23011 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.220 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23010 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.517 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23010 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.38 km SE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 23010 days ago · 24 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.026 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23010 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.926 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23010 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.917 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23009 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.44 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23009 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.75 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23009 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.17 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23009 days ago · -1 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.44 km ENE of Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaii · 23009 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.450 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23008 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.532 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23007 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.28 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23007 days ago · 28 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.016 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23005 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.421 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23005 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.010 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23005 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.334 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23003 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.420 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23003 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.55 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23002 days ago · 32 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23001 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.312 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22999 days ago · 22 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.48 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22999 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.318 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.717 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.718 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.418 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.621 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.020 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.620 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.918 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19630784. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:11 AM UTC.