Hawaii earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Fri, Sep 6, 1963, 2:41 AM GMT-10 (12:41 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 13 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1963-09-06 12:41:32 UTC
Depth
5.4 km (3.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.311° N, 155.212° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
193°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.513 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23011 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 2.314 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23011 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 2.418 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23011 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 3.615 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23011 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 3.612 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23011 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 2.516 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23011 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 2.220 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23010 days ago · -1 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 2.517 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23010 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 2.38 km SE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 23010 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 2.026 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23010 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 1.926 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23010 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 2.917 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23009 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 3.44 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23009 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 2.75 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23009 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 3.17 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23009 days ago · -1 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 2.44 km ENE of Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaii · 23009 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 2.450 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23008 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 2.532 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23007 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 2.28 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23007 days ago · 28 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 3.016 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23005 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
  21. 2.421 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23005 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
  22. 3.010 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23005 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
  23. 2.334 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23004 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 2.420 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23003 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 2.55 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23002 days ago · 32 km deep · 31 km away
  26. 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23002 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  27. 2.312 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22999 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
  28. 2.48 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22999 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
  29. 3.318 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  30. 3.717 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  31. 2.718 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  32. 3.418 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  33. 3.621 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  34. 3.020 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  35. 3.620 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  36. 3.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  37. 2.918 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  38. 2.810 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  39. 3.211 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  40. 2.411 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  41. 3.011 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
  42. 2.79 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
  43. 3.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
  44. 2.69 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  45. 2.310 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
  46. 2.418 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  47. 2.412 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  48. 2.66 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
  49. 2.97 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · -1 km deep · 18 km away
  50. 2.623 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · 14 km deep · 38 km away
  51. 2.623 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  52. 2.719 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
  53. 3.815 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
  54. 2.715 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  55. 1.811 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
  56. 2.619 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
  57. 2.622 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  58. 2.412 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  59. 2.321 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
  60. 1.710 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · -1 km deep · 10 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19630818. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:53 AM UTC.