Hawaii earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 10 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 10 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Nov 16, 1963, 4:07 PM GMT-10 (02:07 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1963-11-17 02:07:00 UTC
Depth
30.2 km (18.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.349° N, 155.245° 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 2.9 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
183°, 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: 74 in the 60 days after this one and 95 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.549 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22964 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 2.717 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22964 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 2.819 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22964 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 2.517 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22962 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 2.69 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22961 days ago · 23 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 2.718 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22955 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 3.316 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22955 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 2.320 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22954 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 2.28 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22953 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 3.819 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22952 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 2.311 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22951 days ago · 31 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 2.216 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 22951 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 2.511 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22949 days ago · 35 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 3.022 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22948 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 2.824 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22947 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 2.614 km WSW of Kahaluu-Keauhou, Hawaii · 22943 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.113 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 22942 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 3.423 km SE of Waimea, HI · 22942 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 2.314 km SW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 22942 days ago · 12 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 2.718 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22941 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  21. 2.819 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22939 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
  22. 2.517 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22939 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
  23. 2.618 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22937 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
  24. 2.712 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22937 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
  25. 2.314 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 22936 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
  26. 2.711 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 22935 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  27. 2.23 km NNW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22932 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
  28. 2.210 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22932 days ago · 24 km deep · 6 km away
  29. 2.21 km NE of Hawaiian Beaches, Hawaii · 22932 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
  30. 2.59 km S of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22931 days ago · 41 km deep · 61 km away
  31. 2.311 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22930 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
  32. 3.17 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22930 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  33. 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22929 days ago · 32 km deep · 5 km away
  34. 2.518 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22928 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  35. 2.713 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22928 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  36. 2.224 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22927 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
  37. 3.29 km W of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22927 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  38. 2.217 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22926 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  39. 2.77 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22926 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  40. 2.719 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22925 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  41. 2.511 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22924 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
  42. 2.00 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22924 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
  43. 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22924 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  44. 2.53 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22924 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  45. 2.617 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22923 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  46. 2.46 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22922 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
  47. 2.619 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22922 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  48. 3.024 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22921 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  49. 2.223 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22920 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  50. 3.010 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22920 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  51. 2.419 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22919 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 2.617 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22918 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  53. 2.917 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22918 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  54. 2.611 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22917 days ago · 27 km deep · 3 km away
  55. 3.114 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22917 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  56. 1.925 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22916 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
  57. 2.416 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22914 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  58. 2.713 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 22914 days ago · 24 km deep · 41 km away
  59. 2.318 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22914 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
  60. 3.021 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22914 days ago · 26 km deep · 67 km away

The first 60 of 74.

Before

  1. 3.08 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22965 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22965 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 2.78 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22966 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 3.74 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22966 days ago · 26 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 2.39 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22966 days ago · 28 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.318 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22966 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 2.817 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22966 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 3.31 km E of Honalo, Hawaii · 22966 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 2.620 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22966 days ago · 15 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 2.48 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22967 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 2.817 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22967 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 3.417 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22967 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22968 days ago · 30 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 2.27 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22968 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 2.319 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22969 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 2.816 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22969 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 2.66 km NE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22970 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 2.817 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22972 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 3.316 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22972 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22974 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19631091. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:25 PM UTC.