Hawaii earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 1 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 1 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Mar 9, 1960, 9:13 PM GMT-10 (07:13 UTC), -1 km (-1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 3 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1960-03-10 07:13:54 UTC
Depth
-0.9 km (-0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.432° N, 155.242° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.03
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
264°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
4

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 136 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.27 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24302 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.18 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24302 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 2.63 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24302 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.83 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24302 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 3.00 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24302 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.82 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24302 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 3.17 km NW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 24302 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 2.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24302 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 2.42 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24302 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 2.24 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24302 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 2.53 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24301 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 2.63 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24301 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 2.76 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24301 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 2.78 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24301 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 2.47 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24301 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 2.45 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24301 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 2.42 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24301 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 2.87 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24301 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 2.53 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24301 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 2.55 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24301 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  21. 3.12 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24301 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  22. 2.83 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24301 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  23. 2.48 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 24300 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  24. 2.57 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24300 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  25. 3.48 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24300 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  26. 2.47 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 24299 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  27. 2.64 km ENE of Pepeekeo, Hawaii · 24299 days ago · 44 km deep · 50 km away
  28. 2.521 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 24299 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  29. 2.55 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 24299 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  30. 2.77 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24297 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  31. 2.914 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 24296 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
  32. 2.83 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24295 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  33. 3.00 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24295 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  34. 2.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24292 days ago · -1 km deep · 12 km away
  35. 3.313 km WNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 24292 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 3.03 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24292 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  37. 2.64 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24289 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
  38. 3.83 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24288 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  39. 3.86 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24288 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
  40. 2.75 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24288 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
  41. 2.44 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24288 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
  42. 3.215 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24288 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  43. 3.018 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 24287 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  44. 2.55 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24285 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
  45. 2.47 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24281 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
  46. 2.83 km E of Volcano, Hawaii · 24281 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
  47. 3.06 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24279 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
  48. 2.36 km WSW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 24279 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  49. 2.411 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 24278 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
  50. 2.89 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24277 days ago · -1 km deep · 8 km away
  51. 3.410 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24277 days ago · -1 km deep · 9 km away
  52. 2.910 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24277 days ago · -1 km deep · 9 km away
  53. 3.24 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24276 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  54. 2.22 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24276 days ago · 22 km deep · 2 km away
  55. 2.93 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24263 days ago · 19 km deep · 5 km away
  56. 1.725 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24262 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  57. 2.33 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 24260 days ago · 47 km deep · 3 km away
  58. 2.423 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24260 days ago · 64 km deep · 24 km away
  59. 2.421 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24260 days ago · 62 km deep · 22 km away
  60. 2.423 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24260 days ago · 59 km deep · 24 km away

The first 60 of 136.

Before

  1. 3.04 km SW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 24302 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 2.22 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 24302 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.46 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24303 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 2.72 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 24303 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 24303 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 3.02 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24303 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 2.97 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24303 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 2.94 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24303 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 24303 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 2.83 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24304 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 2.68 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24304 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 2.72 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24304 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 3.11 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24304 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 24304 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 3.05 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24304 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 2.43 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24304 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 3.110 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24304 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 3.72 km ENE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24304 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 2.73 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24305 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 24305 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19600575. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:18 PM UTC.