M2.6 earthquake 11 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 11 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Apr 2, 1964, 5:41 AM GMT-10 (15:41 UTC), 33 km (20 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 23 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1964-04-02 15:41:57 UTC
- Depth
- 32.8 km (20.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.344° N, 155.273° 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 3.0 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 185°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 81 in the 60 days after this one and 41 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.220 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22827 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.211 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22826 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22825 days ago · 41 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.810 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22825 days ago · 31 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22824 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.226 km WSW of Pepeekeo, Hawaii · 22823 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.810 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22822 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.631 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22822 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.828 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22822 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.28 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22821 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.317 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22821 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.08 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22821 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.88 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22819 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22819 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.616 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22819 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.80 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 22818 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.128 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22818 days ago · 23 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.324 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22817 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.58 km W of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22816 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.115 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22816 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.27 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22816 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.58 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22816 days ago · 32 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.86 km S of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22816 days ago · 0 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.711 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22812 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.614 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22811 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.522 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22811 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.519 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22811 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.317 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22810 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.04 km WSW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 22810 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.623 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22810 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.42 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22809 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.06 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 22808 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.81 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22808 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.913 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22805 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22804 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.213 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22804 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.912 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22802 days ago · 42 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22802 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.620 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22802 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.617 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22800 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.82 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22800 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.617 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22797 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.318 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22797 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.97 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22796 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.57 km WSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 22794 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.519 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22792 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.216 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22792 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.016 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22792 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.717 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22791 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.63 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22791 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.020 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22790 days ago · 37 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.8Hawaii region, Hawaii · 22790 days ago · 35 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.911 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22789 days ago · 31 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.611 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22789 days ago · 31 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.211 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22789 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.38 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22789 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.67 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22789 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22788 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.719 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22788 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.521 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22787 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
The first 60 of 81.
Before
- 2.519 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22828 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.822 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22829 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.719 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22831 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.817 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22831 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.422 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22832 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.620 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 22832 days ago · 31 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.611 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22833 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.628 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22833 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22834 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.64 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22835 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.56 km WSW of Honomu, Hawaii · 22835 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.121 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22835 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.311 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22837 days ago · -1 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.28 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22837 days ago · -1 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.316 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22837 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.319 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22837 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.415 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22838 days ago · 26 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.62 km SSW of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 22840 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.89 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22841 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.434 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22841 days ago · 46 km deep · 36 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19640141. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:45 PM UTC.