Hawaii earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 24 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 24 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii on Wed, Sep 16, 1964, 6:34 PM GMT-10 (04:34 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 17 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1964-09-17 04:34:04 UTC
Depth
2.7 km (1.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.248° N, 154.904° 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 14.7 km horizontally, 14.9 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
345°, 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: 75 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.423 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22651 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 4.517 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22650 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 3.819 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22650 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 2.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22650 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 2.767 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22650 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 3.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22650 days ago · -1 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 2.810 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22649 days ago · 32 km deep · 40 km away
  8. 2.25 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22649 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 2.512 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22649 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 2.55 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22648 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22648 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 2.05 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22648 days ago · 12 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.423 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22648 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 2.917 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22647 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.918 km NNE of Pāhala, HI · 22647 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 2.817 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22646 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 2.811 km SW of P?hoa, Hawaii · 22643 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 3.812 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22642 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 2.36 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22642 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
  20. 2.618 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22641 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 3.411 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 22637 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 2.218 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22636 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 2.70 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22636 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  24. 1.96 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22635 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
  25. 2.317 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22632 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
  26. 2.319 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22632 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  27. 2.218 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22631 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  28. 2.215 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22631 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  29. 2.611 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22630 days ago · 31 km deep · 43 km away
  30. 2.414 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22629 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
  31. 2.219 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22628 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  32. 3.19 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22626 days ago · 31 km deep · 43 km away
  33. 3.54 km NE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22624 days ago · 30 km deep · 40 km away
  34. 1.95 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22623 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 2.314 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22622 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
  36. 3.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22620 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 3.49 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22618 days ago · 28 km deep · 46 km away
  38. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22617 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  39. 2.819 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22617 days ago · 49 km deep · 40 km away
  40. 2.618 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22615 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
  41. 3.614 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22614 days ago · 37 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 2.423 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22612 days ago · 37 km deep · 23 km away
  43. 2.518 km NNW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 22611 days ago · 1 km deep · 100 km away
  44. 3.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22611 days ago · 26 km deep · 41 km away
  45. 2.77 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22610 days ago · 26 km deep · 40 km away
  46. 2.46 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22610 days ago · 28 km deep · 39 km away
  47. 2.35 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22609 days ago · 31 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 2.55 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22609 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
  49. 2.311 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22609 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
  50. 2.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22609 days ago · 31 km deep · 40 km away
  51. 2.416 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22609 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
  52. 2.96 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22609 days ago · 29 km deep · 40 km away
  53. 2.69 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22608 days ago · 30 km deep · 42 km away
  54. 2.319 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22607 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  55. 2.08 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22607 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  56. 2.219 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22607 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  57. 3.016 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 22607 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  58. 2.48 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22607 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
  59. 2.17 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22605 days ago · -1 km deep · 35 km away
  60. 2.617 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22603 days ago · 29 km deep · 64 km away

The first 60 of 75.

Before

  1. 3.513 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22652 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 2.06 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22653 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.419 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22653 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 2.520 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22653 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.49 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22653 days ago · 27 km deep · 40 km away
  6. 2.519 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22654 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 3.97 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22654 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 2.121 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22654 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 2.228 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22655 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 2.84 km ENE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22655 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 2.716 km E of Leilani Estates, HI · 22655 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 2.612 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22658 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 2.716 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22658 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 2.98 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22658 days ago · 29 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 2.914 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22660 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 2.815 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22660 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  17. 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22660 days ago · -1 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 2.98 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22661 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 2.711 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22661 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 2.825 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22661 days ago · -2 km deep · 79 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19640407. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 1:48 PM UTC.