M3.2 earthquake 16 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

3.2 (ml), minor

Local time

Wed, Mar 29, 1961, 6:41 PM GMT-10

UTC

1961-03-30 04:41:14 UTC

Depth

21.8 km (13.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.589° N, 155.278° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 2.2 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.18

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

205°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

7

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast17 kmNNW
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast25 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast330 kmSE

After

1. 3.510 km ESE of Waikoloa, HawaiiWed, Mar 29, 9:59 PM GMT-10 · 23918 days ago · 13 km deep · 56 km away
2. 2.31 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Mar 31, 1:19 AM GMT-10 · 23916 days ago · 32 km deep · 19 km away
3. 2.628 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiFri, Mar 31, 1:59 AM GMT-10 · 23916 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
4. 2.97 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 1, 10:06 AM GMT-10 · 23915 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
5. 3.17 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSun, Apr 2, 6:04 AM GMT-10 · 23914 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
6. 3.315 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Apr 3, 12:35 AM GMT-10 · 23913 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
7. 2.721 km SSE of Waikoloa, HawaiiThu, Apr 6, 5:05 AM GMT-10 · 23910 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
8. 2.813 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Apr 6, 2:28 PM GMT-10 · 23910 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
9. 2.924 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Apr 9, 9:16 AM GMT-10 · 23907 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
10. 3.76 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 9, 6:10 PM GMT-10 · 23907 days ago · 31 km deep · 22 km away
11. 3.17 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Apr 12, 1:01 AM GMT-10 · 23904 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
12. 3.539 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Apr 12, 1:52 PM GMT-10 · 23904 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
13. 2.818 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Apr 15, 10:11 PM GMT-10 · 23901 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
14. 3.015 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 16, 3:31 PM GMT-10 · 23900 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
15. 2.621 km E of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Apr 16, 4:31 PM GMT-10 · 23900 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
16. 2.07 km SE of Fern Acres, HawaiiSun, Apr 16, 8:53 PM GMT-10 · 23900 days ago · 21 km deep · 29 km away
17. 2.65 km SW of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Apr 17, 6:42 AM GMT-10 · 23899 days ago · 31 km deep · 21 km away
18. 2.511 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiTue, Apr 18, 11:04 PM GMT-10 · 23898 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
19. 2.119 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Apr 20, 4:54 PM GMT-10 · 23896 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
20. 3.714 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Apr 21, 11:31 AM GMT-10 · 23895 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
21. 2.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Apr 22, 10:48 AM GMT-10 · 23894 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
22. 3.022 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Apr 23, 9:30 AM GMT-10 · 23893 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
23. 2.69 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiSun, Apr 23, 10:41 AM GMT-10 · 23893 days ago · -1 km deep · 58 km away
24. 2.414 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Apr 25, 1:46 PM GMT-10 · 23891 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
25. 2.620 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Apr 26, 10:44 PM GMT-10 · 23890 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
26. 3.318 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Apr 27, 6:31 AM GMT-10 · 23889 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
27. 2.825 km W of Wainaku, HawaiiFri, May 5, 6:06 PM GMT-10 · 23881 days ago · 21 km deep · 14 km away
28. 2.89 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 7, 8:23 AM GMT-10 · 23879 days ago · 37 km deep · 26 km away
29. 2.64 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 10, 11:40 PM GMT-10 · 23876 days ago · 30 km deep · 19 km away
30. 2.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, May 10, 11:43 PM GMT-10 · 23876 days ago · 32 km deep · 25 km away
31. 1.913 km N of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 13, 5:21 PM GMT-10 · 23873 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
32. 2.79 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 14, 1:01 PM GMT-10 · 23872 days ago · 32 km deep · 23 km away
33. 3.021 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 14, 1:55 PM GMT-10 · 23872 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
34. 2.98 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 16, 4:27 PM GMT-10 · 23870 days ago · 30 km deep · 15 km away
35. 2.23 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 16, 5:06 PM GMT-10 · 23870 days ago · 30 km deep · 16 km away
36. 3.15 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 16, 6:10 PM GMT-10 · 23870 days ago · 39 km deep · 17 km away
37. 3.05 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 16, 9:40 PM GMT-10 · 23870 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
38. 2.613 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 17, 4:33 AM GMT-10 · 23869 days ago · 29 km deep · 14 km away
39. 4.125 km ESE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, May 19, 12:31 AM GMT-10 · 23867 days ago · 16 km deep · 56 km away
40. 2.520 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, May 20, 2:47 AM GMT-10 · 23866 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
41. 2.816 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 22, 10:32 PM GMT-10 · 23864 days ago · 13 km deep · 23 km away
42. 3.018 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 26, 5:12 AM GMT-10 · 23860 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
43. 4.022 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 26, 10:12 PM GMT-10 · 23860 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
44. 2.324 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 26, 10:55 PM GMT-10 · 23860 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
45. 2.214 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 28, 1:48 PM GMT-10 · 23858 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away

Before

1. 2.520 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Mar 29, 10:07 AM GMT-10 · 23918 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
2. 2.729 km SSE of Waimea, HawaiiWed, Mar 29, 3:21 AM GMT-10 · 23918 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
3. 2.94 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 23, 2:23 AM GMT-10 · 23924 days ago · 30 km deep · 20 km away
4. 2.820 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Mar 22, 9:41 PM GMT-10 · 23925 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
5. 3.016 km SE of Waimea, HawaiiTue, Mar 21, 9:37 AM GMT-10 · 23926 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
6. 3.021 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Mar 20, 12:58 PM GMT-10 · 23927 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
7. 2.724 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Mar 14, 5:02 AM GMT-10 · 23933 days ago · 19 km deep · 41 km away
8. 2.77 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Mar 13, 9:23 PM GMT-10 · 23934 days ago · -1 km deep · 21 km away
9. 3.19 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Mar 13, 5:06 PM GMT-10 · 23934 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
10. 2.68 km NW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Mar 13, 3:36 AM GMT-10 · 23934 days ago · 45 km deep · 10 km away
11. 2.519 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Mar 12, 10:08 PM GMT-10 · 23935 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
12. 3.026 km E of Hawaiian Beaches, HawaiiSat, Mar 11, 11:30 PM GMT-10 · 23936 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
13. 2.717 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, Mar 10, 11:58 AM GMT-10 · 23937 days ago · 52 km deep · 40 km away
14. 2.815 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Mar 9, 6:55 PM GMT-10 · 23938 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
15. 2.82 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Mar 5, 11:09 AM GMT-10 · 23942 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
16. 2.33 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Mar 4, 4:57 AM GMT-10 · 23943 days ago · -1 km deep · 21 km away
17. 3.76 km ESE of Waikoloa, HawaiiFri, Mar 3, 4:31 AM GMT-10 · 23944 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19610071. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:40 PM UTC.