Hawaii earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 8 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 8 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, May 11, 1964, 2:23 PM GMT-10 (00:23 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 18 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1964-05-12 00:23:49 UTC
Depth
29.0 km (18.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.375° N, 155.261° 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 3.3 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
239°, 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: 79 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.67 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22791 days ago · 28 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22791 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 2.719 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22791 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 2.521 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22790 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22789 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 2.57 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22789 days ago · 32 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 2.49 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22788 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 2.717 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22788 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  9. 3.221 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22787 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 2.811 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22786 days ago · -1 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 2.413 km N of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 22786 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.89 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22785 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 3.05 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22785 days ago · 34 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 2.76 km SW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 22785 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 2.67 km SW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 22785 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.511 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22782 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 2.929 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22781 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 3.412 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22779 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 2.913 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22779 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 2.512 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22779 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
  21. 2.69 km WSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 22775 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 2.411 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22775 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 2.721 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22774 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  24. 2.05 km E of Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaii · 22772 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
  25. 2.711 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22772 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  26. 2.811 km SSE of Hala‘ula, Hawaii · 22771 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 2.612 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22770 days ago · 37 km deep · 5 km away
  28. 2.58 km SE of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22769 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  29. 3.713 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22768 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
  30. 2.621 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22767 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  31. 3.914 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22767 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  32. 2.715 km SSE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 22765 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
  33. 2.716 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22765 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
  34. 2.43 km E of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22764 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  35. 4.236 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22764 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  36. 2.312 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22763 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
  37. 2.915 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22763 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  38. 2.615 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22762 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  39. 2.917 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22762 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
  40. 2.712 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22762 days ago · -1 km deep · 12 km away
  41. 2.014 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22761 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  42. 2.44 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 22760 days ago · 37 km deep · 34 km away
  43. 1.912 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 22758 days ago · 23 km deep · 38 km away
  44. 2.69 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22758 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
  45. 2.48 km SW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22758 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  46. 2.825 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22758 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  47. 2.717 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22757 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  48. 2.814 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22757 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  49. 3.013 km S of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22756 days ago · 30 km deep · 58 km away
  50. 2.14 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22755 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 3.29 km SSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22754 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
  52. 3.0Hawaii region, Hawaii · 22754 days ago · 44 km deep · 49 km away
  53. 2.317 km ENE of Pāhala, HI · 22753 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
  54. 2.819 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22751 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  55. 2.38 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22751 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
  56. 3.118 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22749 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  57. 2.519 km SSE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 22745 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  58. 2.812 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22745 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  59. 2.215 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22745 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  60. 2.720 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22745 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away

The first 60 of 79.

Before

  1. 3.211 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22792 days ago · 26 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 2.611 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22792 days ago · 31 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 2.911 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22792 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 2.8Hawaii region, Hawaii · 22793 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 3.020 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22793 days ago · 37 km deep · 12 km away
  6. 2.63 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22793 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 2.717 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22794 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 3.016 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22794 days ago · 40 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 2.216 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22795 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 2.519 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22795 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 2.57 km WSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 22797 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 2.97 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22799 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 3.318 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22800 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 2.617 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22800 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 2.82 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22803 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 2.617 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22803 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 2.620 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22804 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 3.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22805 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  19. 2.912 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22805 days ago · 42 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 3.213 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22807 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19640199. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 9:34 AM UTC.