Hawaii earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Oct 29, 1964, 12:55 AM GMT-10 (10:55 UTC), 31 km (19 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
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1964-10-29 10:55:59 UTC
Depth
31.3 km (19.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.419° N, 155.283° 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 1.8 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.30
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
84°
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: 121 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.55 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22617 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.311 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22617 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 2.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22617 days ago · 31 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 2.416 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22617 days ago · 16 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 2.96 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22617 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 2.69 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22617 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 2.319 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22616 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 2.08 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22616 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 2.219 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22616 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 3.016 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 22615 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 2.48 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22615 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 2.67 km SSW of Waimea, Hawaii · 22615 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.53 km NW of Waimea, Hawaii · 22614 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 2.17 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22613 days ago · -1 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 2.617 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22611 days ago · 29 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 2.816 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22611 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 3.216 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22611 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 2.318 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22610 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 2.39 km S of Volcano, HI · 22610 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 2.812 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22610 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 2.99 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22609 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  22. 2.317 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22608 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away
  23. 2.430 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22606 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 2.423 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22605 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  25. 3.615 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22605 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
  26. 2.812 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22604 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  27. 3.114 km WSW of Kahaluu-Keauhou, Hawaii · 22604 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 3.010 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22603 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  29. 2.54 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22603 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
  30. 3.516 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22601 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  31. 2.55 km W of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22600 days ago · 36 km deep · 11 km away
  32. 2.517 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22599 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  33. 2.325 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22598 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  34. 3.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22597 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  35. 2.215 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22597 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
  36. 2.512 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22594 days ago · 34 km deep · 12 km away
  37. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22592 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  38. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22591 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  39. 3.410 km SSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22591 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 2.112 km SE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 22591 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  41. 1.918 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22590 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
  42. 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22590 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  43. 2.210 km WSW of Honomu, Hawaii · 22590 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
  44. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22589 days ago · -2 km deep · 44 km away
  45. 1.816 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22588 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  46. 2.418 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22587 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
  47. 2.04 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22586 days ago · 16 km deep · 2 km away
  48. 2.414 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22586 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 2.17 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22586 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  50. 2.411 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22583 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  51. 4.514 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22583 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
  52. 2.814 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22583 days ago · 25 km deep · 13 km away
  53. 2.612 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22583 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
  54. 2.211 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22583 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away
  55. 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22583 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
  56. 1.85 km W of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22583 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
  57. 2.414 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22583 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
  58. 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22583 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
  59. 2.06 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22583 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
  60. 2.910 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22583 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away

The first 60 of 121.

Before

  1. 2.46 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22618 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 3.211 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22619 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 2.77 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22619 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 3.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22619 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 2.518 km NNW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 22620 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.423 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22621 days ago · 37 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 3.614 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22623 days ago · 37 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 2.618 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22623 days ago · 18 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.819 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22625 days ago · 49 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22625 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 3.49 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22626 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 3.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22629 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 2.314 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22631 days ago · 14 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 1.95 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22632 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 3.54 km NE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22632 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 3.19 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22635 days ago · 31 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 2.219 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22637 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 2.414 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22637 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 2.611 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22638 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 2.215 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22639 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19640461. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:10 AM UTC.