Hawaii earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 11 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 11 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Dec 2, 1964, 4:12 AM GMT-10 (14:12 UTC), 4 km (3 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
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1964-12-02 14:12:34 UTC
Depth
4.1 km (2.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.366° N, 155.163° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
174°
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: 108 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.514 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
  2. 2.814 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 25 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 2.612 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 2.211 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 1.85 km W of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 24 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 2.414 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 2.06 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 2.910 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 2.513 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 2.710 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 2.68 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
  14. 2.713 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 1.95 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 2.27 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away
  17. 2.021 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 29 km deep · 19 km away
  18. 2.15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 27 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 2.310 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 2.95 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
  21. 3.74 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
  22. 1.824 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  23. 2.419 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22585 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  24. 2.88 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22584 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
  25. 2.912 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22584 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
  26. 2.010 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22584 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 2.39 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22584 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
  28. 2.27 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22584 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  29. 2.510 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 22584 days ago · 14 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 2.715 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 22584 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  31. 2.39 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22582 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
  32. 2.20 km E of Fern Acres, Hawaii · 22581 days ago · 40 km deep · 19 km away
  33. 2.419 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22581 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  34. 2.86 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22581 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  35. 2.026 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22581 days ago · 16 km deep · 48 km away
  36. 2.218 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22580 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  37. 2.518 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22579 days ago · 31 km deep · 17 km away
  38. 2.319 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22579 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  39. 4.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22578 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  40. 2.518 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22578 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  41. 2.518 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22578 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  42. 3.58 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22578 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
  43. 2.719 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22577 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  44. 2.221 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22575 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
  45. 2.135 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 22575 days ago · 31 km deep · 57 km away
  46. 2.525 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22575 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  47. 2.18 km WSW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 22575 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  48. 2.312 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 22574 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  49. 3.831 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22574 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  50. 3.510 km WSW of Hilo, Hawaii · 22574 days ago · 14 km deep · 35 km away
  51. 2.718 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22574 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  52. 2.69 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22574 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
  53. 2.520 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22573 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  54. 2.914 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22573 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  55. 2.74 km NNE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 22572 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  56. 2.518 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22571 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 3.217 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22571 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  58. 2.10 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22569 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
  59. 2.38 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22564 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
  60. 2.57 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22564 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away

The first 60 of 108.

Before

  1. 2.17 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22588 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 2.414 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22589 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 2.04 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22589 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 2.418 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22590 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 1.816 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22590 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22591 days ago · -2 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 2.210 km WSW of Honomu, Hawaii · 22592 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22592 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 1.918 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22593 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 2.112 km SE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 22593 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 3.410 km SSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22594 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22594 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22594 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 2.512 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22596 days ago · 34 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 2.215 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22599 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 3.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22600 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 2.325 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22600 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  18. 2.517 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22601 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  19. 2.55 km W of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22603 days ago · 36 km deep · 11 km away
  20. 3.516 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22603 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19640537. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 10:18 AM UTC.