Hawaii earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 17 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 17 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Dec 28, 1963, 11:14 AM GMT-10 (21:14 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 19 km N of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1963-12-28 21:14:56 UTC
Depth
6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.406° N, 155.398° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
168°
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: 80 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.46 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22913 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 2.619 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22912 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 3.024 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22912 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 2.223 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22911 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 3.010 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22911 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 2.419 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22910 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 2.617 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22909 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 2.917 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22909 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 2.611 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22908 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 3.114 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22907 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 1.925 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22906 days ago · 14 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 2.416 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22905 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 2.713 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 22905 days ago · 24 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 2.318 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22904 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 3.021 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22904 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 4.515 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22904 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  17. 2.212 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22904 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 3.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22904 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 2.816 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22904 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22903 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
  21. 2.425 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22903 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  22. 2.522 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22903 days ago · 16 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 3.19 km W of Waimea, Hawaii · 22903 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 2.512 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 22902 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  25. 2.840 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22901 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 2.516 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22901 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
  27. 2.424 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22901 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
  28. 2.816 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22900 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  29. 2.414 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22896 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
  30. 3.219 km WNW of Puako, Hawaii · 22894 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22892 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  32. 2.123 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22888 days ago · -1 km deep · 11 km away
  33. 2.516 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22887 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  34. 3.15 km ENE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 22887 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
  35. 2.537 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22887 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  36. 2.233 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22886 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  37. 2.414 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22885 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  38. 2.125 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22884 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
  39. 2.521 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22884 days ago · 44 km deep · 43 km away
  40. 2.311 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22884 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  41. 1.96 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22882 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  42. 3.517 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22881 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  43. 3.39 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22880 days ago · 29 km deep · 13 km away
  44. 2.611 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22880 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
  45. 2.815 km SW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 22879 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  46. 1.91 km NW of Paukaa, Hawaii · 22878 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  47. 2.116 km ENE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 22878 days ago · 12 km deep · 51 km away
  48. 2.226 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22878 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  49. 2.518 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22877 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
  50. 2.516 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22877 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  51. 2.35 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22877 days ago · 30 km deep · 28 km away
  52. 3.435 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 22876 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 2.024 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22875 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  54. 2.65 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22875 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
  55. 2.210 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22875 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  56. 2.625 km WNW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 22875 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 2.38 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22874 days ago · -1 km deep · 22 km away
  58. 2.79 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22874 days ago · 32 km deep · 12 km away
  59. 2.925 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22873 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
  60. 2.916 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22873 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away

The first 60 of 80.

Before

  1. 2.53 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22914 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 3.07 km S of Kapaau, Hawaii · 22914 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22915 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 2.00 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22915 days ago · 24 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 2.511 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22915 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 2.719 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22915 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 2.77 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22917 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 2.217 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22917 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 3.29 km W of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22918 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 2.224 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22918 days ago · 13 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 2.713 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22918 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 2.518 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22918 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22920 days ago · 32 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 3.17 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22921 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 2.311 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22921 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 2.59 km S of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22922 days ago · 41 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 2.21 km NE of Hawaiian Beaches, Hawaii · 22923 days ago · 0 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 2.210 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22923 days ago · 24 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 2.23 km NNW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22923 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 2.711 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 22925 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19631144. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:09 AM UTC.