Hawaii earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Dec 30, 1964, 4:30 AM GMT-10 (14:30 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 59 km SE of Naalehu, 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
1964-12-30 14:30:31 UTC
Depth
4.3 km (2.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.330° N, 155.195° 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, 1.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
228°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 80 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.419 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22558 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 2.718 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22558 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  3. 4.124 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22557 days ago · 24 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 3.327 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22556 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 3.00 km ESE of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 22554 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.619 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22554 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 2.019 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22553 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 2.117 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22553 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 2.318 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22552 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 2.318 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22552 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 3.05 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22549 days ago · 24 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 2.818 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22549 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 3.07 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22549 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 2.214 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22548 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 2.415 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22548 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
  16. 3.23 km NE of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 22545 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.610 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22545 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 2.612 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22545 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 2.67 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22544 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 2.42 km W of Kurtistown, Hawaii · 22544 days ago · 31 km deep · 33 km away
  21. 2.56 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22543 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
  22. 2.711 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 22542 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  23. 2.59 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22540 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  24. 2.520 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22539 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
  25. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22536 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
  26. 2.54 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22535 days ago · 28 km deep · 9 km away
  27. 2.78 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22533 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
  28. 3.431 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 22533 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 2.16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22533 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  30. 2.75 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22532 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
  31. 2.812 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22531 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  32. 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22531 days ago · 32 km deep · 8 km away
  33. 2.517 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22530 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  34. 3.03 km NE of Kealakekua, Hawaii · 22530 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  35. 2.64 km N of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 22529 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 2.519 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22528 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  37. 3.026 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22528 days ago · -1 km deep · 33 km away
  38. 2.716 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22528 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 3.03 km SSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 22527 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  40. 2.525 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22523 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  41. 2.48 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22522 days ago · -1 km deep · 11 km away
  42. 2.615 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22521 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  43. 2.313 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 22519 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  44. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22519 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
  45. 2.715 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22519 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
  46. 2.38 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22519 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  47. 3.519 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22519 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  48. 2.724 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22518 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  49. 2.621 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22518 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
  50. 2.527 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22518 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  51. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22518 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
  52. 2.97 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22518 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  53. 2.52 km NNE of P?pa‘ikou, Hawaii · 22516 days ago · 28 km deep · 54 km away
  54. 2.115 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22516 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  55. 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22516 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  56. 2.26 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22515 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  57. 3.111 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22515 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
  58. 2.38 km E of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 22514 days ago · 11 km deep · 87 km away
  59. 4.559 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22513 days ago · 32 km deep · 79 km away
  60. 3.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22513 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away

The first 60 of 80.

Before

  1. 2.615 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22561 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 2.611 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22562 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 2.422 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22563 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22563 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  5. 2.622 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22563 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 2.724 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22563 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 2.418 km WSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22564 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.415 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22564 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 3.319 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22564 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 2.57 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22565 days ago · 28 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 2.38 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22565 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 2.10 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22570 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 3.217 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22571 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 2.518 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22572 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.74 km NNE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 22573 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 2.914 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22574 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 2.520 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22574 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 2.69 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22575 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
  19. 2.718 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22575 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 3.510 km WSW of Hilo, Hawaii · 22575 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19640629. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:00 AM UTC.