Hawaii earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Oct 8, 1963, 8:35 AM GMT-10 (18:35 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 19 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

Volcano forecastMore in Hawaii

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1963-10-08 18:35:00 UTC
Depth
3.5 km (2.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.292° N, 155.217° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 10.8 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
249°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
7

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 156 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.221 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 1.518 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 2.719 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 3.19 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · -1 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 1.825 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 2.212 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 2.28 km SSW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  9. 2.031 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 1.68 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 2.514 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 1.816 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 1.720 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 2.119 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 1.924 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 2.712 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 1.822 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22993 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 2.334 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22993 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 2.315 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22993 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
  21. 1.917 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22993 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  22. 2.423 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22993 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  23. 2.710 km NE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 22992 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  24. 2.44 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22992 days ago · 32 km deep · 28 km away
  25. 2.114 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22992 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  26. 2.617 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22991 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  27. 2.614 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22991 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  28. 3.942 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22991 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  29. 2.140 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22991 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  30. 2.625 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22991 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
  31. 2.414 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22991 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
  32. 1.915 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22991 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  33. 2.728 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22991 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  34. 2.642 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22990 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  35. 2.911 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22990 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
  36. 3.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22990 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
  37. 2.418 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22990 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  38. 3.16 km W of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22990 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 2.124 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22990 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  40. 2.710 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22990 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
  41. 2.645 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22989 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  42. 2.925 km WSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22988 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 2.316 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22988 days ago · -1 km deep · 31 km away
  44. 3.06 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22987 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
  45. 2.615 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22986 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  46. 2.615 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22986 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  47. 2.915 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22984 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  48. 2.217 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22984 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  49. 2.719 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22984 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  50. 2.818 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22983 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
  51. 2.224 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22983 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  52. 2.727 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22983 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
  53. 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22983 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  54. 2.716 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22983 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  55. 2.421 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22982 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  56. 2.317 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22981 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  57. 2.220 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22981 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  58. 2.219 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22981 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  59. 3.218 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22980 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  60. 2.712 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22980 days ago · -1 km deep · 60 km away

The first 60 of 156.

Before

  1. 1.934 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 2.116 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 3.520 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 2.512 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.627 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 2.619 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 2.616 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 2.58 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · -1 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 2.632 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.912 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 2.112 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 2.518 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 1.99 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 1.818 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 2.034 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 3.127 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 2.49 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 28 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 2.512 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 2.326 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away

Earthquakes todayHawaii earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19630937. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:02 AM UTC.