Hawaii earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 7 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 7 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Oct 27, 1964, 8:15 PM GMT-10 (06:15 UTC), 26 km (16 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1964-10-28 06:15:38 UTC
Depth
26.4 km (16.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.379° N, 155.254° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
128°
Stations used
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 121 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.211 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22619 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.46 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22619 days ago · 28 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.35 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22618 days ago · 31 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 2.55 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22618 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 2.311 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22618 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 2.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22618 days ago · 31 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 2.416 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22618 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 2.96 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22618 days ago · 29 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.69 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22618 days ago · 30 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 2.319 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22616 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 2.08 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22616 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 2.219 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22616 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 3.016 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 22616 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 2.48 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22616 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 2.67 km SSW of Waimea, Hawaii · 22615 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 2.53 km NW of Waimea, Hawaii · 22614 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  17. 2.17 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22614 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 2.617 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22612 days ago · 29 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 2.816 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22612 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 3.216 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22611 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  21. 2.318 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22611 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  22. 2.39 km S of Volcano, HI · 22611 days ago · 30 km deep · 2 km away
  23. 2.812 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22611 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  24. 2.99 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22610 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
  25. 2.317 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22608 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
  26. 2.430 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22607 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  27. 2.423 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22606 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  28. 3.615 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22605 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
  29. 2.812 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22604 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  30. 3.114 km WSW of Kahaluu-Keauhou, Hawaii · 22604 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 3.010 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22604 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  32. 2.54 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22603 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  33. 3.516 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22602 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  34. 2.55 km W of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22601 days ago · 36 km deep · 12 km away
  35. 2.517 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22600 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  36. 2.325 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22599 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 3.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22598 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  38. 2.215 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22598 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
  39. 2.512 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22595 days ago · 34 km deep · 6 km away
  40. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22592 days ago · 28 km deep · 1 km away
  41. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22592 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  42. 3.410 km SSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22592 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 2.112 km SE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 22592 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  44. 1.918 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22591 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  45. 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22590 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
  46. 2.210 km WSW of Honomu, Hawaii · 22590 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  47. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22589 days ago · -2 km deep · 47 km away
  48. 1.816 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22588 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  49. 2.418 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22588 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  50. 2.04 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22587 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
  51. 2.414 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22587 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
  52. 2.17 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22587 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  53. 2.411 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22584 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  54. 4.514 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22583 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
  55. 2.814 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22583 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
  56. 2.612 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22583 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
  57. 2.211 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22583 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away
  58. 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22583 days ago · 29 km deep · 1 km away
  59. 1.85 km W of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22583 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
  60. 2.414 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22583 days ago · 27 km deep · 8 km away

The first 60 of 121.

Before

  1. 3.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22620 days ago · 26 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.518 km NNW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 22620 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.423 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22621 days ago · 37 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 3.614 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22623 days ago · 37 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 2.618 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22624 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 2.819 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22626 days ago · 49 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22626 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  8. 3.49 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22627 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 3.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22630 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 2.314 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22631 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 1.95 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22632 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 3.54 km NE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22633 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 3.19 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22635 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 2.219 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22637 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 2.414 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22638 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 2.611 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22639 days ago · 31 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 2.215 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22640 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 2.88 km NE of Puako, Hawaii · 22640 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 2.218 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22640 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 2.319 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22641 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19640458. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:44 PM UTC.