Hawaii earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 12 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 12 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Jun 2, 1964, 12:16 AM GMT-10 (10:16 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 10 km WSW of Puako, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1964-06-02 10:16:05 UTC
Depth
36.7 km (22.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.332° N, 155.270° 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 2.0 km horizontally, 3.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
154°
Stations used
12

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 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.58 km SE of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22767 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 3.713 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22765 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 2.621 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22765 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 3.914 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22765 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 2.715 km SSE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 22763 days ago · 15 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.716 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22763 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 2.43 km E of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22762 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 4.236 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22761 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 2.312 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22761 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 2.915 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22761 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 2.615 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22760 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 2.917 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22760 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 2.712 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22759 days ago · -1 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 2.014 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22759 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 2.44 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 22758 days ago · 37 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 1.912 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 22756 days ago · 23 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 2.69 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22756 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 2.48 km SW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22755 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 2.825 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22755 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 2.717 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22755 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  21. 2.814 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22755 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  22. 3.013 km S of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22753 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
  23. 2.14 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22753 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 3.29 km SSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22752 days ago · 1 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 3.0Hawaii region, Hawaii · 22752 days ago · 44 km deep · 53 km away
  26. 2.317 km ENE of Pāhala, HI · 22751 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
  27. 2.819 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22749 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  28. 2.38 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22749 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
  29. 3.118 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22747 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 2.519 km SSE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 22743 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 2.812 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22743 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  32. 2.215 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22743 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  33. 2.720 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22743 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  34. 2.218 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22743 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
  35. 2.47 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22742 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 2.313 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22742 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
  37. 2.111 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22742 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  38. 2.610 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22742 days ago · 34 km deep · 3 km away
  39. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22740 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
  40. 3.35 km ENE of Kealakekua, Hawaii · 22739 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  41. 4.418 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22738 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  42. 2.922 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22738 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  43. 2.617 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22738 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
  44. 2.99 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22738 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
  45. 2.415 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22736 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  46. 2.212 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 22736 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  47. 2.814 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22735 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away
  48. 2.013 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 22733 days ago · -2 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 2.613 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22732 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  50. 2.516 km E of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 22731 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
  51. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22731 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  52. 2.410 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22730 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  53. 2.012 km N of Honomu, Hawaii · 22728 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 2.53 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22728 days ago · -1 km deep · 9 km away
  55. 2.521 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22727 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  56. 2.08 km N of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 22726 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 3.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22724 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  58. 2.012 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22723 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  59. 2.327 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22723 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  60. 4.410 km WSW of Puako, Hawaii · 22722 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away

The first 60 of 81.

Before

  1. 2.711 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22770 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 2.05 km E of Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaii · 22770 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 2.721 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22772 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 2.411 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22773 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.69 km WSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 22773 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 2.512 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22777 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 2.913 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22777 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 3.412 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22777 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 2.929 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22778 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 2.511 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22780 days ago · 27 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 2.67 km SW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 22782 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 2.76 km SW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 22782 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 3.05 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22783 days ago · 34 km deep · 8 km away
  14. 2.89 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22783 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 2.413 km N of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 22784 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.811 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22784 days ago · -1 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 3.221 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22784 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 2.717 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22786 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 2.49 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22786 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  20. 2.57 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22786 days ago · 32 km deep · 6 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19640229. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:28 AM UTC.