Hawaii earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 10 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 10 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Apr 7, 1964, 7:03 PM GMT-10 (05:03 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 14 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
1964-04-08 05:03:24 UTC
Depth
28.7 km (17.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.356° N, 155.281° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
138°
Stations used
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 79 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.631 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22820 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 1.828 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22820 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 2.28 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22819 days ago · 27 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.317 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22819 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 2.08 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22819 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 2.88 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22818 days ago · 33 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22818 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 2.616 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22817 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 2.80 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 22817 days ago · 23 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 2.128 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22816 days ago · 23 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 2.324 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22816 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 2.58 km W of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22814 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.115 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22814 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 3.27 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22814 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 2.58 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22814 days ago · 32 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 2.86 km S of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22814 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 2.711 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22810 days ago · 28 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 2.614 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22810 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 2.522 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22809 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 2.519 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22809 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
  21. 2.317 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22809 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  22. 3.04 km WSW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 22808 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 3.623 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22808 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  24. 2.42 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22807 days ago · 35 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 3.06 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 22807 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  26. 1.81 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22807 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 1.913 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22803 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  28. 3.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22803 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  29. 3.213 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22802 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  30. 2.912 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22800 days ago · 42 km deep · 1 km away
  31. 3.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22800 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  32. 2.620 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22800 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
  33. 2.617 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22799 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
  34. 2.82 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22798 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 2.617 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22796 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  36. 3.318 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22795 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 2.97 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22795 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 2.57 km WSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 22792 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  39. 2.519 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22791 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  40. 2.216 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22790 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
  41. 3.016 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22790 days ago · 40 km deep · 49 km away
  42. 2.717 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22789 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
  43. 2.63 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22789 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
  44. 3.020 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22789 days ago · 37 km deep · 10 km away
  45. 2.8Hawaii region, Hawaii · 22788 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 2.911 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22787 days ago · 31 km deep · 1 km away
  47. 2.611 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22787 days ago · 31 km deep · 3 km away
  48. 3.211 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22787 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  49. 2.38 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22787 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  50. 2.67 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22787 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
  51. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22787 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  52. 2.719 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22787 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
  53. 2.521 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22786 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  54. 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22785 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  55. 2.57 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22784 days ago · 32 km deep · 4 km away
  56. 2.49 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22784 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  57. 2.717 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22783 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  58. 3.221 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22782 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  59. 2.811 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22782 days ago · -1 km deep · 14 km away
  60. 2.413 km N of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 22782 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away

The first 60 of 79.

Before

  1. 2.226 km WSW of Pepeekeo, Hawaii · 22821 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22822 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 2.810 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22824 days ago · 31 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22824 days ago · 41 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.211 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22825 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 3.220 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22826 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 2.611 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22826 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.519 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22827 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 3.822 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22828 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.719 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22829 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 2.817 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22829 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 2.422 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22830 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 2.620 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 22830 days ago · 31 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 2.611 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22831 days ago · 28 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 2.628 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22831 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 2.516 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22833 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 2.64 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22833 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 2.56 km WSW of Honomu, Hawaii · 22834 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 3.121 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22834 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 2.311 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22835 days ago · -1 km deep · 25 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19640149. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:01 AM UTC.