Hawaii earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 15 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 15 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Apr 16, 1961, 3:31 PM GMT-10 (01:31 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 25 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1961-04-17 01:31:13 UTC
Depth
-0.4 km (-0.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.304° N, 155.196° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
223°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
7

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.621 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 23912 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 2.07 km SE of Fern Acres, Hawaii · 23912 days ago · 21 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 2.65 km SW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23911 days ago · 31 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 2.511 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23910 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 2.119 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23908 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  6. 3.714 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23907 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23906 days ago · 17 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 3.022 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23905 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 2.69 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23905 days ago · -1 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 2.414 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23903 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 2.620 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23902 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 3.318 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23901 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 2.825 km W of Wainaku, Hawaii · 23893 days ago · 21 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.89 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23891 days ago · 37 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 2.64 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23887 days ago · 30 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23887 days ago · 32 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 1.913 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 23885 days ago · 27 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 2.79 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23884 days ago · 32 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 3.021 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23884 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 2.98 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23882 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
  21. 2.23 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23882 days ago · 30 km deep · 17 km away
  22. 3.15 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23882 days ago · 39 km deep · 18 km away
  23. 3.05 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23882 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away
  24. 2.613 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23881 days ago · 29 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 4.125 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23879 days ago · 16 km deep · 26 km away
  26. 2.520 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23878 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  27. 2.816 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23876 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 3.018 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23872 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
  29. 4.022 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23872 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  30. 2.324 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23872 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  31. 2.214 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23870 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  32. 3.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23868 days ago · -1 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 2.74 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23866 days ago · 28 km deep · 11 km away
  34. 2.521 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 23865 days ago · 68 km deep · 11 km away
  35. 2.417 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23863 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
  36. 2.19 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23860 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
  37. 2.915 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23859 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  38. 2.814 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23856 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
  39. 2.316 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23856 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
  40. 2.626 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23856 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away

Before

  1. 2.818 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23913 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 3.539 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23916 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 3.17 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23916 days ago · 26 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 3.76 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23919 days ago · 31 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 2.924 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23919 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 2.813 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23922 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 2.721 km SSE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23922 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 3.315 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23925 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  9. 3.17 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23926 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  10. 2.97 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23927 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 2.628 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23928 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.31 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23928 days ago · 32 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 3.510 km ESE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23930 days ago · 13 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 3.216 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23930 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 2.520 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23930 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 2.729 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23930 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 2.94 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23936 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 2.820 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23937 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 3.016 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23938 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 3.021 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23939 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19610089. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:38 PM UTC.