Hawaii earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 19 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 19 km W of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Aug 31, 1964, 1:25 PM GMT-10 (23:25 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 17 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
1964-08-31 23:25:29 UTC
Depth
9.3 km (5.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.414° N, 155.414° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.21
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
81°
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: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.713 km NNE of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 22673 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 3.8Hawaii region, Hawaii · 22673 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.418 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22672 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.121 km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 22672 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.51 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22672 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 2.72 km SSW of P?hoa, Hawaii · 22672 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 3.00 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22672 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 2.620 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22671 days ago · -2 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 2.66 km E of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 22671 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 2.810 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22671 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 2.314 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22671 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 2.522 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22670 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 2.816 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22669 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 2.59 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22668 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 2.217 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22668 days ago · 26 km deep · 52 km away
  16. 2.424 km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 22668 days ago · 12 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 2.825 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22667 days ago · -2 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.711 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22667 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 2.98 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22667 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 2.64 km S of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22667 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 2.57 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22667 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22666 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  23. 2.815 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22666 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  24. 2.914 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22666 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  25. 2.98 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22665 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
  26. 2.716 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22664 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
  27. 2.612 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22664 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
  28. 2.716 km E of Leilani Estates, HI · 22661 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  29. 2.84 km ENE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22661 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  30. 2.228 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22661 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  31. 2.121 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22660 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  32. 3.97 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22660 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
  33. 2.519 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22660 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  34. 2.49 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22660 days ago · 27 km deep · 17 km away
  35. 2.411 km E of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 22660 days ago · -1 km deep · 60 km away
  36. 2.520 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22659 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 2.419 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22659 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
  38. 2.06 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22659 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  39. 3.513 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22658 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
  40. 2.624 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22658 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  41. 2.423 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22657 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  42. 4.517 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22656 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  43. 3.819 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22656 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  44. 2.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22656 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
  45. 2.767 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22656 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  46. 3.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22656 days ago · -1 km deep · 31 km away
  47. 2.810 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22655 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away
  48. 2.25 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22655 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away
  49. 2.512 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22655 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  50. 2.55 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22654 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22654 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  52. 2.05 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22654 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
  53. 2.423 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22654 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  54. 2.917 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22653 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
  55. 2.918 km NNE of Pāhala, HI · 22653 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  56. 2.517 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22652 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  57. 2.817 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22652 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  58. 2.811 km SW of P?hoa, Hawaii · 22650 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
  59. 3.812 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22648 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away
  60. 2.36 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22648 days ago · 28 km deep · 18 km away

The first 60 of 96.

Before

  1. 3.311 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22674 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.38 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22675 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 3.09 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22675 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 2.22 km NE of Ainaloa, Hawaii · 22675 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 2.727 km SW of Kahaluu-Keauhou, Hawaii · 22676 days ago · 35 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.519 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22676 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 2.63 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22676 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 2.517 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22677 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 2.812 km N of Puako, Hawaii · 22678 days ago · 17 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.7Hawaii region, Hawaii · 22678 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 2.75 km SE of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 22678 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 4.25 km WSW of Puako, Hawaii · 22679 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.623 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22679 days ago · 45 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 2.418 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22680 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 2.89 km ESE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22680 days ago · 39 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 2.418 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22681 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 2.418 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22682 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.819 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22683 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 2.516 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22684 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
  20. 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22684 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19640367. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:29 PM UTC.