Hawaii earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 17 km NW of Mountain View, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 17 km NW of Mountain View, Hawaii on Wed, Oct 5, 1960, 1:32 PM GMT-10 (23:32 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 13 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1960-10-05 23:32:41 UTC
Depth
28.8 km (17.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.649° N, 155.243° 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, 2.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
256°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 77.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19601015. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:04 AM UTC.