Hawaii earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 12 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 12 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Mar 6, 1965, 3:44 PM GMT-10 (01:44 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 5 km W of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1965-03-07 01:44:07 UTC
Depth
1.2 km (0.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.331° N, 155.234° 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 1.9 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
300°, 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: 122 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.117 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22484 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.611 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22484 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 2.639 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22484 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 2.317 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22484 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 2.711 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22484 days ago · -1 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 2.412 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22484 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 3.625 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22484 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  8. 2.838 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22484 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 2.742 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22484 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 2.429 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22483 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 2.629 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22483 days ago · 2 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 2.317 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22483 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 2.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22483 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 2.617 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22483 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 2.323 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22483 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22483 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 2.59 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22483 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 2.960 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22483 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 2.426 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22483 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 2.536 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22483 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  21. 2.532 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22483 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  22. 2.529 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22482 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  23. 3.017 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22482 days ago · 36 km deep · 26 km away
  24. 3.117 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22482 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  25. 2.313 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22482 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
  26. 2.319 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22482 days ago · 27 km deep · 8 km away
  27. 2.511 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22481 days ago · 29 km deep · 1 km away
  28. 1.813 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22481 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  29. 2.25 km W of Pepeekeo, Hawaii · 22481 days ago · 17 km deep · 57 km away
  30. 2.54 km SSW of Hilo, Hawaii · 22480 days ago · 12 km deep · 42 km away
  31. 2.624 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22480 days ago · 38 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 2.24 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22479 days ago · 26 km deep · 16 km away
  33. 2.55 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 22478 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  34. 2.319 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22478 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  35. 2.44 km SW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22477 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  36. 2.323 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22477 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
  37. 2.94 km SW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22476 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
  38. 2.619 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22474 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  39. 2.618 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22473 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
  40. 3.230 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22473 days ago · 37 km deep · 19 km away
  41. 3.019 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22471 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  42. 3.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22471 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 3.817 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22470 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  44. 2.68 km NNE of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22470 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 2.39 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22470 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  46. 2.610 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 22469 days ago · 26 km deep · 35 km away
  47. 2.418 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22469 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  48. 4.65 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 22468 days ago · 28 km deep · 34 km away
  49. 2.48 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 22468 days ago · 38 km deep · 34 km away
  50. 2.629 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22468 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
  51. 2.121 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22468 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  52. 2.315 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22468 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  53. 2.77 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22468 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  54. 2.67 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22468 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
  55. 3.226 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22467 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 2.521 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22466 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
  57. 2.514 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 22466 days ago · -1 km deep · 43 km away
  58. 2.215 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22466 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  59. 2.08 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22464 days ago · 34 km deep · 5 km away
  60. 2.134 km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 22464 days ago · 41 km deep · 70 km away

The first 60 of 122.

Before

  1. 3.017 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22484 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  2. 2.728 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22485 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 3.925 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22485 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 2.624 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22485 days ago · 19 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 2.510 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22485 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 2.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22485 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 3.316 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22485 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 3.322 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22485 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 2.33 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22485 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 2.418 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22485 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 2.618 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22485 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 3.122 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22485 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 2.57 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22485 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 2.57 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22485 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 2.621 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22485 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 2.58 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22485 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 2.56 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22485 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 3.113 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22485 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  19. 3.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22485 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  20. 2.711 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22485 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19650121. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:09 AM UTC.