Hawaii earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 18 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 18 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Fri, Dec 13, 1963, 9:19 PM GMT-10 (07:19 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 12 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1963-12-14 07:19:24 UTC
Depth
10.7 km (6.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.279° N, 155.280° 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 1.9 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
243°, 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: 85 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.712 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22928 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.314 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 22927 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 2.711 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 22926 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 2.23 km NNW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22923 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 2.210 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22923 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 2.21 km NE of Hawaiian Beaches, Hawaii · 22923 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 2.59 km S of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22922 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 2.311 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22921 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 3.17 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22921 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22920 days ago · 32 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 2.518 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22919 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  12. 2.713 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22919 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 2.224 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22918 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 3.29 km W of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22918 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 2.217 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22917 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 2.77 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22917 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 2.719 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22916 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 2.511 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22915 days ago · 29 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 2.00 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22915 days ago · 24 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22915 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
  21. 2.53 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22915 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  22. 2.617 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22914 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  23. 2.46 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22913 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
  24. 2.619 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22913 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  25. 3.024 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22912 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  26. 2.223 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22911 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  27. 3.010 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22911 days ago · 28 km deep · 9 km away
  28. 2.419 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22911 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 2.617 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22909 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  30. 2.917 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22909 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  31. 2.611 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22908 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
  32. 3.114 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22908 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
  33. 1.925 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22907 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
  34. 2.416 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22905 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 2.713 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 22905 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
  36. 2.318 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22905 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
  37. 3.021 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22905 days ago · 26 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 4.515 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22904 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  39. 2.212 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22904 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  40. 3.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22904 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  41. 2.816 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22904 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  42. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22904 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
  43. 2.425 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22904 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  44. 2.522 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22903 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
  45. 3.19 km W of Waimea, Hawaii · 22903 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
  46. 2.512 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 22903 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  47. 2.840 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22902 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  48. 2.516 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22902 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
  49. 2.424 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22901 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
  50. 2.816 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22901 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  51. 2.414 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22896 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
  52. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22892 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  53. 2.123 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22888 days ago · -1 km deep · 30 km away
  54. 2.516 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22888 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  55. 3.15 km ENE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 22888 days ago · 16 km deep · 77 km away
  56. 2.537 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22888 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  57. 2.233 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22886 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  58. 2.414 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22885 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  59. 2.125 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22885 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  60. 2.521 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22884 days ago · 44 km deep · 29 km away

The first 60 of 85.

Before

  1. 2.517 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22930 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 2.819 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22930 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 2.718 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22932 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 2.314 km SW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 22933 days ago · 12 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 3.423 km SE of Waimea, HI · 22933 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 2.113 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 22933 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 2.614 km WSW of Kahaluu-Keauhou, Hawaii · 22934 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.824 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22938 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 3.022 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22939 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 2.511 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22940 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 2.216 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 22942 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
  12. 2.311 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22942 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 3.819 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22943 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 2.28 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22944 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 2.320 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22945 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 3.316 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22946 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 2.718 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22946 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
  18. 2.69 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22952 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away
  19. 2.517 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22953 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 2.819 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22955 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19631120. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:15 PM UTC.