M2.1 earthquake 3 km ENE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 3 km ENE of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Jul 9, 1960, 5:37 AM GMT-10 (15:37 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 3 km NE of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1960-07-09 15:37:03 UTC
- Depth
- 35.5 km (22.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.451° N, 155.199° 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 2.6 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 156°
- 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: 35 in the 60 days after this one and 142 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.43 km NE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24181 days ago · 47 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.939 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24181 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.021 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24180 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.22 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 24180 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.916 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 24180 days ago · -1 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.328 km W of Wainaku, Hawaii · 24179 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.024 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 24176 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.611 km NE of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 24176 days ago · 34 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.313 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24176 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.08 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24175 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.561 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 24174 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.11 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24170 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.84 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24167 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.513 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24164 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.111 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24164 days ago · -1 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.414 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24162 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.83 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 24158 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.39 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24157 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.26 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24154 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.96 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24151 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.518 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 24150 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.714 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 24148 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.814 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 24148 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.96 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24148 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.62 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 24147 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.821 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 24145 days ago · 1 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.727 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 24145 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.78 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24142 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.57 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24142 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.726 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 24142 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.67 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24141 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.721 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 24131 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.813 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24129 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.79 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24124 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.826 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 24122 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
Before
- 2.57 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24181 days ago · 45 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.27 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24181 days ago · 44 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.92 km NE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24181 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.37 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24181 days ago · 44 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.07 km NW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 24181 days ago · 48 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.3Hawaii region, Hawaii · 24181 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.49 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24181 days ago · 51 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.35 km ENE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24181 days ago · 34 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.25 km WNW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 24181 days ago · 39 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.822 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24181 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 24181 days ago · 47 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.79 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 24181 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 24181 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.98 km NW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 24181 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.93 km ENE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24182 days ago · 31 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.92 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 24182 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 24182 days ago · 32 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.14 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 24182 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.136 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 24182 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.337 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 24182 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19600931. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:13 PM UTC.