Hawaii earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 18 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 18 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Apr 15, 1961, 10:11 PM GMT-10 (08:11 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 15 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1961-04-16 08:11:35 UTC
Depth
-0.0 km (-0.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.275° N, 155.195° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
193°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.015 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23900 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.621 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 23900 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 2.07 km SE of Fern Acres, Hawaii · 23900 days ago · 21 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 2.65 km SW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23899 days ago · 31 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 2.511 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23898 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 2.119 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23896 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 3.714 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23895 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23894 days ago · 17 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 3.022 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23893 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 2.69 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23893 days ago · -1 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 2.414 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23891 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 2.620 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23890 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 3.318 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23889 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 2.825 km W of Wainaku, Hawaii · 23881 days ago · 21 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 2.89 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23879 days ago · 37 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 2.64 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23876 days ago · 30 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23876 days ago · 32 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 1.913 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 23873 days ago · 27 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 2.79 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23872 days ago · 32 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 3.021 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23872 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 2.98 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23870 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away
  22. 2.23 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23870 days ago · 30 km deep · 20 km away
  23. 3.15 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23870 days ago · 39 km deep · 20 km away
  24. 3.05 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23870 days ago · 29 km deep · 14 km away
  25. 2.613 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23869 days ago · 29 km deep · 28 km away
  26. 4.125 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23867 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
  27. 2.520 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23866 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  28. 2.816 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23864 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  29. 3.018 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23860 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
  30. 4.022 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23860 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  31. 2.324 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23860 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  32. 2.214 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23858 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  33. 3.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23856 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
  34. 2.74 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23854 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
  35. 2.521 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 23853 days ago · 68 km deep · 10 km away
  36. 2.417 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23851 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
  37. 2.19 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23848 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
  38. 2.915 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23847 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  39. 2.814 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23845 days ago · 30 km deep · 11 km away
  40. 2.316 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23844 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
  41. 2.626 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23844 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away

Before

  1. 3.539 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23904 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 3.17 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23904 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 3.76 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23907 days ago · 31 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 2.924 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23907 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 2.813 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23910 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 2.721 km SSE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23910 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 3.315 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23913 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 3.17 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23914 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  9. 2.97 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23915 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 2.628 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23916 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 2.31 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23916 days ago · 32 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 3.510 km ESE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23918 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 3.216 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23918 days ago · 22 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 2.520 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23918 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 2.729 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23918 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 2.94 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23924 days ago · 30 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 2.820 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23925 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 3.016 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23926 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 3.021 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23927 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19610087. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC.