Hawaii earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 22 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 22 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Oct 9, 1963, 6:45 PM GMT-10 (04:45 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 34 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1963-10-10 04:45:27 UTC
Depth
9.7 km (6.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.255° N, 155.160° 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, 2.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
251°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 137 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.334 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22993 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 2.315 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22993 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 1.917 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22993 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 2.423 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22993 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 2.710 km NE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 22992 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 2.44 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22992 days ago · 32 km deep · 32 km away
  7. 2.114 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22991 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 2.617 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22991 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 2.614 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22991 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 3.942 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22991 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 2.140 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22991 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 2.625 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22991 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 2.414 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22991 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 1.915 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22991 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 2.728 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22991 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 2.642 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22990 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 2.911 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22990 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 3.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22990 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 2.418 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22990 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 3.16 km W of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22990 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 2.124 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22990 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  22. 2.710 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22989 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
  23. 2.645 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22989 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  24. 2.316 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22988 days ago · -1 km deep · 38 km away
  25. 3.06 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22987 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
  26. 2.615 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22986 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  27. 2.615 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22986 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  28. 2.915 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22984 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  29. 2.217 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22984 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  30. 2.719 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22984 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  31. 2.818 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22983 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 2.224 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22983 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 2.727 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22983 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
  34. 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22983 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  35. 2.716 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22982 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  36. 2.421 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22982 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  37. 2.317 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22981 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  38. 2.220 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22981 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  39. 2.219 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22981 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  40. 3.218 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22980 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  41. 2.712 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22980 days ago · -1 km deep · 67 km away
  42. 5.521 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22980 days ago · -1 km deep · 32 km away
  43. 2.515 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22980 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
  44. 2.415 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22980 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
  45. 3.012 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22980 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  46. 2.913 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22980 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
  47. 3.017 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 22980 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
  48. 2.516 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22979 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  49. 3.916 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22979 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  50. 2.517 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22979 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  51. 2.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22979 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  52. 3.118 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22979 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  53. 2.89 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22979 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  54. 2.616 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22979 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  55. 3.015 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22979 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  56. 2.816 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22979 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  57. 2.716 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22979 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
  58. 2.216 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22979 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  59. 2.916 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22979 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  60. 3.715 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22979 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away

The first 60 of 137.

Before

  1. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 2.712 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 1.924 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 2.119 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 1.720 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 1.816 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 2.514 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 1.68 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 2.031 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 2.28 km SSW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 2.212 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · -1 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 1.825 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 3.19 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22994 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 2.719 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 1.518 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 2.221 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 16 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 2.416 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 1.934 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 2.116 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22995 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19630959. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:25 AM UTC.