Hawaii earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 15 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 15 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Dec 29, 1965, 1:04 PM GMT-10 (23:04 UTC), -1 km (-1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 12 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1965-12-29 23:04:38 UTC
Depth
-0.8 km (-0.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.319° N, 155.296° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
209°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 79 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.712 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22181 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.912 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22181 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.416 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22181 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 2.524 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22181 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 3.811 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22181 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 3.112 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22181 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.911 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22181 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 2.511 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22181 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 3.216 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22181 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 2.516 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22181 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 2.811 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22181 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.516 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22180 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 2.621 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22180 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 2.514 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22180 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 2.714 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22180 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  16. 3.036 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22179 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22179 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 2.714 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22179 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 2.511 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22179 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  20. 3.430 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22178 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 2.417 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22175 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  22. 2.535 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22175 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  23. 2.834 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22175 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
  24. 2.423 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22174 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 2.86 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22174 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  26. 2.213 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22172 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  27. 2.811 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22172 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  28. 4.224 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 22172 days ago · 14 km deep · 62 km away
  29. 3.624 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22172 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  30. 2.414 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22171 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  31. 2.440 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22170 days ago · 43 km deep · 69 km away
  32. 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22170 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  33. 2.79 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 22169 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
  34. 3.017 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22169 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  35. 2.420 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22168 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  36. 2.717 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22168 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  37. 2.34 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22167 days ago · 28 km deep · 11 km away
  38. 2.415 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22167 days ago · -1 km deep · 0 km away
  39. 2.48 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 22166 days ago · -1 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 2.96 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22165 days ago · -1 km deep · 60 km away
  41. 2.613 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22162 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  42. 4.322 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22161 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
  43. 4.121 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 22161 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
  44. 3.021 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 22159 days ago · 14 km deep · 67 km away
  45. 2.415 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22158 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
  46. 4.46 km WSW of Honalo, Hawaii · 22158 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  47. 3.02 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22154 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
  48. 2.53 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22153 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  49. 2.40 km ENE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 22153 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  50. 2.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22152 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
  51. 2.67 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22152 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
  52. 3.53 km NE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22149 days ago · 25 km deep · 19 km away
  53. 2.919 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22147 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  54. 2.621 km SSE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 22146 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  55. 3.02 km S of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 22140 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  56. 2.75 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22139 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
  57. 2.410 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22139 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  58. 2.724 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22138 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  59. 2.226 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22138 days ago · 45 km deep · 17 km away
  60. 2.617 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22137 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away

The first 60 of 79.

Before

  1. 3.214 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22182 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.515 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22182 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.86 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22182 days ago · -1 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 2.620 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22182 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 2.914 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22182 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.318 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 22182 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 2.913 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22182 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 2.812 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22182 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 2.314 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22182 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 2.914 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22182 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 2.113 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22182 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 2.711 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22182 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 2.511 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22182 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 2.912 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22182 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 3.114 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22182 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 2.816 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22182 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 3.114 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22183 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 2.913 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22183 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22183 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 2.515 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22183 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19650795. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:19 PM UTC.