Hawaii earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 7 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 7 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Jun 15, 1960, 7:11 AM GMT-10 (17:11 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 0 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
1960-06-15 17:11:40 UTC
Depth
0.6 km (0.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.405° N, 155.298° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
95°
Stations used
6

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 164 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.08 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24204 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.97 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24204 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.68 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24203 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.65 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24203 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 2.75 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24203 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.54 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24203 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.64 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24203 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 3.30 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24203 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 2.78 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24202 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 3.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24202 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 2.56 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24202 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 2.46 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24202 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 3.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24202 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 3.510 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24202 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 2.71 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24202 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 2.97 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24201 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 3.08 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24201 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 2.83 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 24201 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 2.38 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24201 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 2.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24200 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
  21. 3.812 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24199 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  22. 4.514 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24199 days ago · 29 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 3.911 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24199 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
  24. 3.816 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24199 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  25. 3.18 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24199 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
  26. 3.35 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24199 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
  27. 3.110 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24199 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
  28. 3.38 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24199 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  29. 3.89 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24198 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  30. 3.212 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24198 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  31. 2.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 24197 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  32. 2.65 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24196 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  33. 2.812 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 24196 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  34. 1.74 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24194 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 3.22 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 24193 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
  36. 2.15 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24192 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  37. 2.42 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24189 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  38. 2.518 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24186 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  39. 2.58 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 24183 days ago · 59 km deep · 15 km away
  40. 2.024 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 24183 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
  41. 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 24183 days ago · 58 km deep · 17 km away
  42. 2.022 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 24183 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 2.38 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 24183 days ago · 59 km deep · 15 km away
  44. 2.08 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24183 days ago · 44 km deep · 15 km away
  45. 1.96 km WNW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 24183 days ago · 49 km deep · 15 km away
  46. 2.412 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 24183 days ago · 56 km deep · 17 km away
  47. 2.225 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 24183 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
  48. 1.86 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24183 days ago · 52 km deep · 14 km away
  49. 1.86 km NNW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 24183 days ago · 47 km deep · 18 km away
  50. 1.84 km E of Volcano, Hawaii · 24183 days ago · 40 km deep · 12 km away
  51. 2.69 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24183 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
  52. 2.411 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24183 days ago · 47 km deep · 16 km away
  53. 2.59 km W of Mountain View, Hawaii · 24183 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  54. 2.912 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24183 days ago · 48 km deep · 15 km away
  55. 2.02 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 24183 days ago · 41 km deep · 9 km away
  56. 2.34 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24183 days ago · 41 km deep · 10 km away
  57. 2.13 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24182 days ago · 38 km deep · 10 km away
  58. 2.45 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 24182 days ago · 61 km deep · 11 km away
  59. 2.07 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24182 days ago · 41 km deep · 14 km away
  60. 2.35 km WNW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 24182 days ago · 48 km deep · 15 km away

The first 60 of 164.

Before

  1. 2.54 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24205 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 3.14 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24205 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 3.726 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 24206 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 2.42 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24209 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 2.76 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24209 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.710 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24210 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 3.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 24212 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 2.86 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24212 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 4.012 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 24212 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 3.110 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24214 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 2.67 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24214 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 2.810 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 24214 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 2.86 km WSW of Hilo, Hawaii · 24214 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 2.915 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24215 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 3.521 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 24217 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 2.38 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24218 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 2.921 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 24218 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.58 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24219 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 2.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24219 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 2.06 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24219 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19600770. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:32 AM UTC.