Hawaii earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 9 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 9 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Sep 14, 1964, 6:02 PM GMT-10 (04:02 UTC), 27 km (17 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
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1964-09-15 04:02:18 UTC
Depth
27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.367° N, 155.265° 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 2.6 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.01
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
161°
Stations used
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 85 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.411 km E of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 22663 days ago · -1 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 2.520 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22663 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 2.419 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22663 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 2.06 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22663 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 3.513 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22662 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 2.624 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22661 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 2.423 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22661 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 4.517 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22660 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 3.819 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22660 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 2.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22660 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 2.767 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22660 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 3.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22660 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 2.810 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22658 days ago · 32 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 2.25 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22658 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 2.512 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22658 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 2.55 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22658 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22658 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 2.05 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22658 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.423 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22658 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 2.917 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22656 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
  21. 2.918 km NNE of Pāhala, HI · 22656 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
  22. 2.517 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22656 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 2.817 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22655 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  24. 2.811 km SW of P?hoa, Hawaii · 22653 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
  25. 3.812 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22652 days ago · 27 km deep · 3 km away
  26. 2.36 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22651 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
  27. 2.618 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22651 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  28. 3.411 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 22646 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
  29. 2.218 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22646 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 2.70 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22645 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
  31. 1.96 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22644 days ago · 12 km deep · 44 km away
  32. 2.317 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22642 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
  33. 2.319 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22641 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  34. 2.218 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22641 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  35. 2.88 km NE of Puako, Hawaii · 22641 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 2.215 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22640 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  37. 2.611 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22640 days ago · 31 km deep · 3 km away
  38. 2.414 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22639 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  39. 2.219 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22638 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  40. 3.19 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22636 days ago · 31 km deep · 2 km away
  41. 3.54 km NE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22634 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
  42. 1.95 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22633 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  43. 2.314 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22632 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
  44. 3.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22630 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  45. 3.49 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22627 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
  46. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22627 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  47. 2.819 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22626 days ago · 49 km deep · 11 km away
  48. 2.618 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22625 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
  49. 3.614 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22624 days ago · 37 km deep · 41 km away
  50. 2.423 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22622 days ago · 37 km deep · 19 km away
  51. 2.518 km NNW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 22621 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
  52. 3.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22620 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  53. 2.77 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22620 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
  54. 3.211 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22620 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  55. 2.46 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22619 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
  56. 2.35 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22619 days ago · 31 km deep · 6 km away
  57. 2.55 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22619 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
  58. 2.311 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22619 days ago · 27 km deep · 3 km away
  59. 2.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22619 days ago · 31 km deep · 3 km away
  60. 2.416 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22618 days ago · 16 km deep · 51 km away

The first 60 of 85.

Before

  1. 2.519 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22663 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 3.97 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22664 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 2.121 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22664 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 2.228 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22664 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.84 km ENE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22665 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 2.716 km E of Leilani Estates, HI · 22665 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 2.612 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22667 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 2.716 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22668 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 2.98 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22668 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.914 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22669 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 2.815 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22670 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22670 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 2.57 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22670 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 2.64 km S of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22670 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 2.98 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22671 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 2.711 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22671 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 2.825 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22671 days ago · -2 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 2.424 km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 22672 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 2.217 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22672 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 2.59 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22672 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19640401. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:27 AM UTC.