Hawaii earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 32 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 32 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Oct 5, 1960, 5:20 PM GMT-10 (03:20 UTC), 30 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 2 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1960-10-06 03:20:21 UTC
Depth
30.1 km (18.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.612° N, 155.486° 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 5.9 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
244°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 64 in the 60 days after this one and 50 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.337 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.52 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 46 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 2.811 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 71 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 2.318 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 42 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 2.58 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 47 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 2.53 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 45 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 2.711 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 42 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 2.24 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 29 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 2.513 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 44 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 1.78 km NW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 13 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 1.77 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 2.57 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 55 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 2.415 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 42 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 2.81 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 41 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 2.32 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 47 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 2.05 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 34 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 2.47 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 46 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 2.25 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 51 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 1.913 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 41 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 2.06 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 49 km deep · 31 km away
  21. 2.120 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 39 km deep · 12 km away
  22. 1.912 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 38 km deep · 22 km away
  23. 1.83 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 1.82 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 45 km deep · 35 km away
  25. 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 51 km deep · 31 km away
  26. 2.09 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 43 km deep · 24 km away
  27. 2.013 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 49 km deep · 20 km away
  28. 1.943 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 2.83 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 49 km deep · 29 km away
  30. 2.334 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 70 km deep · 14 km away
  31. 2.511 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 53 km deep · 23 km away
  32. 2.118 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 48 km deep · 16 km away
  33. 2.09 km NNW of Volcano, HI · 24092 days ago · 36 km deep · 26 km away
  34. 2.314 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 51 km deep · 20 km away
  35. 2.06 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 41 km deep · 28 km away
  36. 2.64 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 53 km deep · 28 km away
  37. 2.38 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 47 km deep · 26 km away
  38. 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 49 km deep · 22 km away
  39. 2.21 km NE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24091 days ago · 38 km deep · 33 km away
  40. 1.86 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24091 days ago · 24 km deep · 28 km away
  41. 2.222 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 24091 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  42. 2.05 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24091 days ago · 47 km deep · 32 km away
  43. 2.314 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24091 days ago · 79 km deep · 18 km away
  44. 2.04 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24091 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
  45. 4.318 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 24089 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
  46. 3.15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 24080 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  47. 2.610 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24080 days ago · 42 km deep · 23 km away
  48. 2.76 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 24080 days ago · 36 km deep · 26 km away
  49. 2.111 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24080 days ago · 38 km deep · 23 km away
  50. 2.14 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24079 days ago · 39 km deep · 28 km away
  51. 2.46 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24076 days ago · 12 km deep · 33 km away
  52. 2.47 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24076 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 2.510 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24076 days ago · 26 km deep · 32 km away
  54. 2.94 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24073 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
  55. 3.74 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24072 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
  56. 3.120 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 24062 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  57. 2.96 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24060 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
  58. 3.18 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24060 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
  59. 2.66 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24059 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
  60. 3.08 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24056 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away

The first 60 of 64.

Before

  1. 2.416 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 39 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 2.619 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 2.58 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 46 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 2.26 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 23 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 2.717 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 70 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 2.59 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 36 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 2.13 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 29 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 2.56 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 46 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 49 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 2.65 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 46 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 2.818 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 49 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 2.313 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 49 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 2.317 km NW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 29 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 2.59 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24092 days ago · 47 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 2.233 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 24093 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 2.55 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24093 days ago · 44 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 2.25 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24093 days ago · 42 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 24093 days ago · 40 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 2.524 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24093 days ago · 43 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 2.54 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 24093 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19601028. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:55 AM UTC.