Hawaii earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 9 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 9 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Dec 14, 1964, 10:19 AM GMT-10 (20:19 UTC), 30 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 24 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1964-12-14 20:19:03 UTC
Depth
29.6 km (18.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.369° N, 155.271° 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 3.2 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
222°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
7

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 75 in the 60 days after this one and 72 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.520 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22569 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.914 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22569 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 2.74 km NNE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 22567 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.518 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22567 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 3.217 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22566 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 2.10 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22565 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 2.38 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22560 days ago · 31 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 2.57 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22560 days ago · 28 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 3.319 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22559 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 2.415 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22559 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 2.418 km WSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22559 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.724 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22558 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 2.622 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22558 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22558 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 2.422 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22558 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 2.611 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22557 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 2.615 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22556 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22554 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  19. 2.419 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22553 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 2.718 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22553 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  21. 4.124 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22552 days ago · 24 km deep · 51 km away
  22. 3.327 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22551 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  23. 3.00 km ESE of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 22549 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  24. 2.619 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22549 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
  25. 2.019 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22548 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  26. 2.117 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22548 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  27. 2.318 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22547 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
  28. 2.318 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22547 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  29. 3.05 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22544 days ago · 24 km deep · 6 km away
  30. 2.818 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22544 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  31. 3.07 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22544 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  32. 2.214 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22543 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  33. 2.415 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22543 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
  34. 3.23 km NE of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 22540 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  35. 2.610 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22540 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
  36. 2.612 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22540 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  37. 2.67 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22539 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  38. 2.42 km W of Kurtistown, Hawaii · 22539 days ago · 31 km deep · 33 km away
  39. 2.56 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22538 days ago · 27 km deep · 2 km away
  40. 2.711 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 22537 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  41. 2.59 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22535 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  42. 2.520 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22534 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
  43. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22531 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
  44. 2.54 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22530 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
  45. 2.78 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22528 days ago · 30 km deep · 2 km away
  46. 3.431 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 22528 days ago · 12 km deep · 52 km away
  47. 2.16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22527 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  48. 2.75 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22527 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
  49. 2.812 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22526 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  50. 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22526 days ago · 32 km deep · 10 km away
  51. 2.517 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22525 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  52. 3.03 km NE of Kealakekua, Hawaii · 22524 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  53. 2.64 km N of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 22524 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 2.519 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22523 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  55. 3.026 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22523 days ago · -1 km deep · 24 km away
  56. 2.716 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22523 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  57. 3.03 km SSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 22522 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  58. 2.525 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22518 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  59. 2.48 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22517 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
  60. 2.615 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22516 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away

The first 60 of 75.

Before

  1. 2.718 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22570 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 3.510 km WSW of Hilo, Hawaii · 22570 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 3.831 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22570 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 2.312 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 22570 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.18 km WSW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 22571 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.525 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22571 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 2.135 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 22571 days ago · 31 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.221 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22571 days ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 2.719 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22573 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 3.58 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22574 days ago · 28 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 2.518 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22574 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 2.518 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22574 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 4.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22574 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 2.319 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22575 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 2.518 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22575 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 2.218 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22576 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 2.026 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22577 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 2.86 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22577 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 2.419 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22577 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 2.20 km E of Fern Acres, Hawaii · 22577 days ago · 40 km deep · 26 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19640608. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:49 AM UTC.