Hawaii earthquakes

M2.2 earthquake 21 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 21 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Oct 8, 1963, 8:49 AM GMT-10 (18:49 UTC), 16 km (10 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
2.2 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1963-10-08 18:49:50 UTC
Depth
16.0 km (10.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.260° N, 155.158° 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 3.8 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
292°, 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: 154 in the 60 days after this one and 106 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.518 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23002 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.719 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23002 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 3.19 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23001 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 1.825 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23001 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 2.212 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23001 days ago · -1 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23001 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 2.28 km SSW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23001 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 2.031 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23001 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 1.68 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23001 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 2.514 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23001 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 1.816 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23001 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 1.720 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23001 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 2.119 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23001 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 1.924 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23001 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 2.712 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23001 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23001 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 1.822 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23000 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 2.334 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23000 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 2.315 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23000 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 1.917 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23000 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
  21. 2.423 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23000 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  22. 2.710 km NE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 22999 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 2.44 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22999 days ago · 32 km deep · 33 km away
  24. 2.114 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22999 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  25. 2.617 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
  26. 2.614 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
  27. 3.942 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  28. 2.140 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  29. 2.625 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  30. 2.414 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
  31. 1.915 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  32. 2.728 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22998 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 2.642 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  34. 2.911 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
  35. 3.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
  36. 2.418 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  37. 3.16 km W of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 2.124 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22997 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  39. 2.710 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
  40. 2.645 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22996 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  41. 2.316 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · -1 km deep · 38 km away
  42. 3.06 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
  43. 2.615 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22993 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  44. 2.615 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22993 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  45. 2.915 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22991 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  46. 2.217 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22991 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  47. 2.719 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22991 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  48. 2.818 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22990 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
  49. 2.224 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22990 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  50. 2.727 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22990 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
  51. 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22990 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  52. 2.716 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22989 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  53. 2.421 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22989 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  54. 2.317 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22988 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  55. 2.220 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22988 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  56. 2.219 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22988 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  57. 3.218 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22987 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  58. 2.712 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22987 days ago · -1 km deep · 67 km away
  59. 5.521 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22987 days ago · -1 km deep · 32 km away
  60. 2.515 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22987 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away

The first 60 of 154.

Before

  1. 2.416 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23002 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
  2. 1.934 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23002 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 2.116 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23002 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 3.520 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23002 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 2.512 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23002 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 2.627 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23002 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 2.619 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23002 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 2.616 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23002 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 2.58 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23002 days ago · -1 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 2.632 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23002 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 2.912 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23002 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 2.112 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23002 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23003 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 2.518 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23003 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 1.99 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23003 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 1.818 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23003 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 2.034 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23003 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 3.127 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23003 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 2.49 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23003 days ago · 28 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 2.512 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23003 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19630939. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:42 AM UTC.