M2.1 earthquake 17 km W of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 17 km W of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Jul 19, 1964, 11:55 PM GMT-10 (09:55 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 7 km N of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1964-07-20 09:55:46 UTC
- Depth
- -0.3 km (-0.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.430° N, 155.400° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 120°
- 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: 107 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.15 km WNW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 22717 days ago · 21 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.514 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22716 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.28 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22715 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.322 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22714 days ago · 30 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.518 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22714 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.011 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 22713 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.025 km E of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 22712 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.28 km ESE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 22712 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.118 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22711 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.713 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22711 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.82 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22711 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.52 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22711 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.95 km S of Volcano, HI · 22711 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.820 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22710 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.812 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22710 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.011 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22709 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.89 km NNW of Puako, Hawaii · 22709 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.55 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22708 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.819 km ENE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 22707 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.28 km E of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 22707 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.721 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22707 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.520 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22707 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.318 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22707 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.621 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22706 days ago · 18 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.35 km SW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 22705 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.710 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 22705 days ago · -1 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.02 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22705 days ago · 28 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.53 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22704 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.28 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22704 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.76 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 22703 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.811 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22702 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.810 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22701 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.217 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22701 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.217 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22699 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.519 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22699 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.711 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22697 days ago · 38 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.011 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22697 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.318 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22696 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.47 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 22695 days ago · 25 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.922 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22694 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.526 km ESE of Leilani Estates, HI · 22693 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.416 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22692 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.819 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22692 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.5Hawaii region, Hawaii · 22689 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.89 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22687 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22687 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.516 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22687 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.819 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22686 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.418 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22685 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.418 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22684 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.89 km ESE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22683 days ago · 39 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.418 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22683 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.623 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22683 days ago · 45 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.25 km WSW of Puako, Hawaii · 22682 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.75 km SE of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 22682 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.7Hawaii region, Hawaii · 22681 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.812 km N of Puako, Hawaii · 22681 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.517 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22681 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.63 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22680 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.519 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22679 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
The first 60 of 107.
Before
- 3.228 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22720 days ago · 50 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.521 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22720 days ago · 11 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.718 km NNE of Kukuihaele, Hawaii · 22721 days ago · 14 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.823 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22721 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.410 km WSW of Puako, Hawaii · 22722 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.327 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22723 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.012 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22723 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22724 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.08 km N of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 22725 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.521 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22727 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.53 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22728 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.012 km N of Honomu, Hawaii · 22728 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.410 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22730 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22731 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.516 km E of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 22731 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.613 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22732 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.013 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 22732 days ago · -2 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.814 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22734 days ago · 31 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.212 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 22735 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.415 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22736 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19640299. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 7:02 PM UTC.