M3.2 earthquake 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

3.2 (ml), minor

Local time

Fri, Aug 5, 1960, 1:44 PM GMT-10

UTC

1960-08-05 23:44:25 UTC

Depth

12.1 km (7.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.407° N, 155.279° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.4 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.15

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

94°

Stations used

6

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast6 kmSW
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast38 kmWSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast342 kmSE

After

1. 2.96 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Aug 7, 5:33 PM GMT-10 · 24151 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
2. 2.518 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 9, 2:36 PM GMT-10 · 24149 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
3. 3.714 km SE of Waimea, HawaiiWed, Aug 10, 11:16 PM GMT-10 · 24148 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
4. 3.814 km SSE of Waimea, HawaiiThu, Aug 11, 1:47 AM GMT-10 · 24148 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
5. 2.96 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 11, 10:03 AM GMT-10 · 24148 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
6. 2.62 km E of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Aug 11, 7:32 PM GMT-10 · 24147 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
7. 2.821 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Aug 13, 10:00 PM GMT-10 · 24145 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
8. 2.727 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Aug 14, 4:20 AM GMT-10 · 24145 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
9. 2.78 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Aug 17, 4:18 AM GMT-10 · 24142 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
10. 2.57 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Aug 17, 4:31 AM GMT-10 · 24142 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
11. 2.726 km SSE of Waimea, HawaiiWed, Aug 17, 1:15 PM GMT-10 · 24142 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
12. 2.67 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Aug 18, 3:06 AM GMT-10 · 24141 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
13. 2.721 km SSE of Waimea, HawaiiSun, Aug 28, 1:14 PM GMT-10 · 24131 days ago · 12 km deep · 59 km away
14. 2.813 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 30, 4:31 AM GMT-10 · 24129 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
15. 2.79 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 4, 2:42 PM GMT-10 · 24123 days ago · 17 km deep · 4 km away
16. 2.826 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 5, 5:18 PM GMT-10 · 24122 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
17. 2.56 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 11, 8:47 AM GMT-10 · 24117 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
18. 3.110 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 12, 11:02 PM GMT-10 · 24115 days ago · 34 km deep · 8 km away
19. 3.512 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, HawaiiWed, Sep 14, 4:19 AM GMT-10 · 24114 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
20. 2.45 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 16, 9:51 AM GMT-10 · 24112 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
21. 2.39 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 17, 12:33 PM GMT-10 · 24111 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
22. 2.423 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Sep 18, 8:01 PM GMT-10 · 24109 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
23. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 18, 10:53 PM GMT-10 · 24109 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
24. 2.57 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 19, 3:27 PM GMT-10 · 24108 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
25. 3.712 km ESE of Waimea, HawaiiTue, Sep 20, 7:29 AM GMT-10 · 24108 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
26. 3.013 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Sep 21, 10:08 PM GMT-10 · 24106 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
27. 2.718 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 28, 6:33 AM GMT-10 · 24100 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away

Before

1. 3.933 km SW of Captain Cook, HawaiiThu, Aug 4, 5:32 AM GMT-10 · 24155 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
2. 2.39 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Aug 2, 2:18 PM GMT-10 · 24156 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
3. 2.83 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiMon, Aug 1, 2:31 PM GMT-10 · 24157 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
4. 2.414 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 28, 5:59 AM GMT-10 · 24162 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
5. 2.111 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 26, 12:26 PM GMT-10 · 24164 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
6. 2.513 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 25, 7:21 PM GMT-10 · 24164 days ago · 19 km deep · 7 km away
7. 2.84 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 23, 1:20 PM GMT-10 · 24167 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
8. 3.11 km NNW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 19, 6:40 PM GMT-10 · 24170 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
9. 3.561 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Jul 15, 5:41 PM GMT-10 · 24174 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
10. 3.08 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 15, 12:57 AM GMT-10 · 24175 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
11. 2.313 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 14, 3:22 AM GMT-10 · 24176 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
12. 2.611 km NE of Kalaoa, HawaiiWed, Jul 13, 8:22 PM GMT-10 · 24176 days ago · 34 km deep · 81 km away
13. 3.024 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 13, 5:31 PM GMT-10 · 24176 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
14. 2.328 km W of Wainaku, HawaiiMon, Jul 11, 1:09 PM GMT-10 · 24179 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
15. 2.916 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 10, 8:08 AM GMT-10 · 24180 days ago · -1 km deep · 12 km away
16. 2.22 km N of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 9, 7:20 PM GMT-10 · 24180 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
17. 3.021 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 9, 6:36 PM GMT-10 · 24180 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
18. 1.939 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 9, 8:28 AM GMT-10 · 24181 days ago · 16 km deep · 38 km away
19. 2.43 km NE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 9, 8:18 AM GMT-10 · 24181 days ago · 47 km deep · 10 km away
20. 2.13 km ENE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 9, 5:37 AM GMT-10 · 24181 days ago · 35 km deep · 10 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19600954. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:57 AM UTC.