M2.8 earthquake 17 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Fri, Sep 3, 1965, 9:17 PM GMT-10

UTC

1965-09-04 07:17:53 UTC

Depth

8.4 km (5.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.415° N, 155.398° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.8 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.12

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

75°

Stations used

10

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast18 kmW
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast48 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast332 kmSE

After

1. 2.69 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 4, 4:49 PM GMT-10 · 22309 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
2. 2.221 km ESE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Sep 5, 5:55 AM GMT-10 · 22308 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
3. 2.219 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 5, 7:36 AM GMT-10 · 22308 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
4. 2.312 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 6, 2:02 AM GMT-10 · 22307 days ago · 33 km deep · 18 km away
5. 2.4Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Sep 6, 2:33 AM GMT-10 · 22307 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
6. 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 7, 5:04 AM GMT-10 · 22306 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
7. 2.3Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Sep 7, 1:52 PM GMT-10 · 22306 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
8. 2.131 km S of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, Sep 8, 4:14 AM GMT-10 · 22305 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
9. 2.426 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiWed, Sep 8, 1:50 PM GMT-10 · 22305 days ago · 26 km deep · 43 km away
10. 2.915 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, Sep 8, 3:55 PM GMT-10 · 22305 days ago · 39 km deep · 41 km away
11. 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 9, 5:53 AM GMT-10 · 22304 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
12. 3.412 km W of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Sep 9, 10:58 AM GMT-10 · 22304 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
13. 2.711 km W of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Sep 9, 11:04 AM GMT-10 · 22304 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
14. 2.68 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 9, 2:47 PM GMT-10 · 22304 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
15. 2.817 km SSE of Volcano, HIThu, Sep 9, 4:12 PM GMT-10 · 22304 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
16. 2.022 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Sep 11, 8:24 PM GMT-10 · 22302 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
17. 2.323 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 12, 9:41 AM GMT-10 · 22301 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
18. 1.915 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 12, 1:04 PM GMT-10 · 22301 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
19. 2.310 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 12, 3:19 PM GMT-10 · 22301 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
20. 2.27 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 12, 4:03 PM GMT-10 · 22301 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
21. 2.67 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 12, 4:12 PM GMT-10 · 22301 days ago · 34 km deep · 15 km away
22. 2.419 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Sep 12, 7:16 PM GMT-10 · 22301 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
23. 3.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 13, 4:49 AM GMT-10 · 22300 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
24. 2.224 km S of Leilani Estates, HawaiiMon, Sep 13, 5:57 AM GMT-10 · 22300 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
25. 2.75 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Sep 14, 9:32 PM GMT-10 · 22299 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
26. 2.27 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 15, 9:29 AM GMT-10 · 22298 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away
27. 2.411 km E of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Sep 15, 10:11 AM GMT-10 · 22298 days ago · 23 km deep · 39 km away
28. 2.620 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 15, 3:27 PM GMT-10 · 22298 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
29. 2.68 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 15, 6:06 PM GMT-10 · 22298 days ago · 31 km deep · 13 km away
30. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 15, 7:46 PM GMT-10 · 22298 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
31. 1.812 km E of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Sep 16, 4:21 AM GMT-10 · 22297 days ago · 26 km deep · 26 km away
32. 2.113 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiThu, Sep 16, 6:02 AM GMT-10 · 22297 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
33. 3.011 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 16, 10:30 AM GMT-10 · 22297 days ago · 26 km deep · 12 km away
34. 2.68 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 16, 10:47 AM GMT-10 · 22297 days ago · 31 km deep · 17 km away
35. 2.57 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 16, 1:54 PM GMT-10 · 22297 days ago · 32 km deep · 15 km away
36. 3.49 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 16, 2:21 PM GMT-10 · 22297 days ago · 32 km deep · 18 km away
37. 2.99 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 17, 6:53 AM GMT-10 · 22296 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away
38. 2.119 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 17, 10:31 AM GMT-10 · 22296 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
39. 2.318 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 17, 1:25 PM GMT-10 · 22296 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
40. 3.04 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 17, 6:17 PM GMT-10 · 22296 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
41. 2.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiFri, Sep 17, 7:26 PM GMT-10 · 22296 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
42. 3.311 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiSat, Sep 18, 5:08 AM GMT-10 · 22295 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
43. 2.114 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 18, 7:28 PM GMT-10 · 22295 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
44. 2.964 km S of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Sep 18, 11:14 PM GMT-10 · 22295 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
45. 2.810 km N of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Sep 20, 12:30 AM GMT-10 · 22294 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
46. 2.814 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Sep 20, 10:47 AM GMT-10 · 22293 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
47. 2.224 km S of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, Sep 21, 4:36 AM GMT-10 · 22292 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
48. 2.321 km S of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, Sep 21, 7:24 AM GMT-10 · 22292 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
49. 2.316 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 21, 8:54 AM GMT-10 · 22292 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
50. 2.516 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 21, 9:53 AM GMT-10 · 22292 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
51. 3.35 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiTue, Sep 21, 9:53 PM GMT-10 · 22292 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
52. 2.521 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Sep 22, 11:32 AM GMT-10 · 22291 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
53. 2.512 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Sep 25, 1:02 AM GMT-10 · 22289 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
54. 2.328 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSat, Sep 25, 4:10 AM GMT-10 · 22288 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
55. 2.3Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Sep 25, 11:21 AM GMT-10 · 22288 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
56. 2.828 km S of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Sep 25, 3:25 PM GMT-10 · 22288 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
57. 2.218 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Sep 25, 3:50 PM GMT-10 · 22288 days ago · 13 km deep · 38 km away
58. 2.4Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Sep 25, 5:35 PM GMT-10 · 22288 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
59. 2.57 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 26, 2:21 AM GMT-10 · 22287 days ago · 29 km deep · 12 km away
60. 2.317 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Sep 26, 3:09 AM GMT-10 · 22287 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away

The first 60 of 126.

Before

1. 2.321 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Sep 2, 9:39 PM GMT-10 · 22311 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
2. 2.920 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 2, 9:18 AM GMT-10 · 22311 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
3. 2.118 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 2, 6:14 AM GMT-10 · 22311 days ago · 13 km deep · 26 km away
4. 3.911 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Sep 2, 1:42 AM GMT-10 · 22311 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
5. 2.119 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Sep 1, 10:17 PM GMT-10 · 22312 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
6. 3.218 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 1, 9:34 AM GMT-10 · 22312 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
7. 2.118 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, Sep 1, 2:18 AM GMT-10 · 22312 days ago · 18 km deep · 44 km away
8. 2.121 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Sep 1, 2:16 AM GMT-10 · 22312 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
9. 3.010 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 31, 11:49 PM GMT-10 · 22313 days ago · 42 km deep · 17 km away
10. 2.68 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 31, 11:00 PM GMT-10 · 22313 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
11. 2.58 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 31, 6:05 PM GMT-10 · 22313 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
12. 4.212 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 31, 6:00 PM GMT-10 · 22313 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
13. 3.517 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 31, 4:05 PM GMT-10 · 22313 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
14. 2.54 km W of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Aug 31, 2:48 PM GMT-10 · 22313 days ago · 28 km deep · 24 km away
15. 2.39 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Aug 30, 11:41 PM GMT-10 · 22314 days ago · 32 km deep · 26 km away
16. 2.117 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Aug 30, 10:18 PM GMT-10 · 22314 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
17. 2.524 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Aug 30, 6:04 AM GMT-10 · 22314 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
18. 3.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSun, Aug 29, 9:39 AM GMT-10 · 22315 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
19. 3.110 km N of Kukuihaele, HawaiiSun, Aug 29, 9:31 AM GMT-10 · 22315 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
20. 2.223 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Aug 28, 6:55 PM GMT-10 · 22316 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19650552. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:45 PM UTC.