Hawaii earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 9 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 9 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Fri, Mar 20, 1964, 7:52 AM GMT-10 (17:52 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 8 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1964-03-20 17:52:13 UTC
Depth
26.9 km (16.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.375° N, 155.294° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
125°
Stations used
6

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 90 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.62 km SSW of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 22830 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.415 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22829 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 2.319 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22828 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 2.316 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22828 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 3.28 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22827 days ago · -1 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 2.311 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22827 days ago · -1 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 3.121 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22826 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 2.56 km WSW of Honomu, Hawaii · 22826 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 2.64 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22825 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 2.516 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22825 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 2.628 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22823 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 2.611 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22823 days ago · 28 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 2.620 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 22822 days ago · 31 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 2.422 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22822 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 2.817 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22821 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 2.719 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22821 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 3.822 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22820 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 2.519 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22819 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 2.611 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22818 days ago · 33 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 3.220 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22818 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  21. 2.211 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22817 days ago · -1 km deep · 18 km away
  22. 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22816 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 2.810 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22816 days ago · 31 km deep · 5 km away
  24. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22815 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  25. 2.226 km WSW of Pepeekeo, Hawaii · 22813 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
  26. 2.810 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22813 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  27. 2.631 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22812 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
  28. 1.828 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22812 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  29. 2.28 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22811 days ago · 27 km deep · 2 km away
  30. 2.317 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22811 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
  31. 2.08 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22811 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
  32. 2.88 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22810 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
  33. 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22810 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  34. 2.616 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22810 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
  35. 2.80 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 22809 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
  36. 2.128 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22808 days ago · 23 km deep · 33 km away
  37. 2.324 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22808 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
  38. 2.58 km W of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22807 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  39. 2.115 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22806 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  40. 3.27 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22806 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  41. 2.58 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22806 days ago · 32 km deep · 2 km away
  42. 2.86 km S of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22806 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
  43. 2.711 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22802 days ago · 28 km deep · 9 km away
  44. 2.614 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22802 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
  45. 2.522 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22802 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  46. 2.519 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22801 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
  47. 2.317 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22801 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  48. 3.04 km WSW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 22800 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 3.623 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22800 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  50. 2.42 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22799 days ago · 35 km deep · 27 km away
  51. 3.06 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 22799 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
  52. 1.81 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22799 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
  53. 1.913 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22795 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  54. 3.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22795 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  55. 3.213 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22794 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  56. 2.912 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22792 days ago · 42 km deep · 4 km away
  57. 3.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22792 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  58. 2.620 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22792 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
  59. 2.617 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22791 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
  60. 2.82 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22791 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away

The first 60 of 90.

Before

  1. 2.434 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22832 days ago · 46 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 2.711 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22833 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 2.33 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22834 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 2.421 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22834 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 3.016 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22835 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 2.617 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22835 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 2.311 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22836 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 2.422 km NW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 22836 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 3.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22836 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  10. 2.56 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22837 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 2.519 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22837 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 2.411 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 22838 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 2.919 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22838 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
  14. 3.720 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22840 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22841 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 2.51 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22841 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 3.818 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22842 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.420 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22844 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 3.024 km WNW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 22845 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 2.415 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22845 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19640121. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 1:55 AM UTC.