Hawaii earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 9 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 9 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, May 14, 1961, 1:01 PM GMT-10 (23:01 UTC), 32 km (20 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 12 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1961-05-14 23:01:30 UTC
Depth
31.7 km (19.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.380° N, 155.291° 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 3.2 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.32
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
114°
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: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.021 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23881 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 2.98 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23878 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 2.23 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23878 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 3.15 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23878 days ago · 39 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 3.05 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23878 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 2.613 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23878 days ago · 29 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 4.125 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23876 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 2.520 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23875 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 2.816 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23872 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 3.018 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23869 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 4.022 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23868 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 2.324 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23868 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 2.214 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23867 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 3.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23865 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 2.74 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23863 days ago · 28 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 2.521 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 23862 days ago · 68 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 2.417 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23860 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 2.19 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23857 days ago · 28 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 2.915 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23856 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 2.814 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23853 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
  21. 2.316 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23853 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  22. 2.626 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23852 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  23. 3.66 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23847 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  24. 3.18 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23846 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
  25. 1.77 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23846 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  26. 2.78 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23846 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 2.310 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23845 days ago · 44 km deep · 3 km away
  28. 2.417 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23844 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
  29. 2.016 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23843 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  30. 3.37 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23843 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
  31. 2.714 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23842 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  32. 2.79 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23841 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  33. 3.217 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23840 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  34. 2.35 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23839 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 2.913 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23838 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  36. 3.517 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23838 days ago · 40 km deep · 32 km away
  37. 2.411 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23837 days ago · 27 km deep · 3 km away
  38. 2.615 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23836 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
  39. 2.710 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23836 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  40. 2.611 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23836 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away
  41. 2.614 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23836 days ago · 34 km deep · 6 km away
  42. 2.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23835 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
  43. 4.412 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23835 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away
  44. 3.49 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23835 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  45. 2.811 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23835 days ago · 34 km deep · 4 km away
  46. 2.711 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23835 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away
  47. 2.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23835 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
  48. 2.99 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23835 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
  49. 2.211 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23835 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
  50. 2.54 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23835 days ago · 32 km deep · 5 km away
  51. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23834 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
  52. 2.88 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23834 days ago · 32 km deep · 1 km away
  53. 3.06 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23834 days ago · 27 km deep · 3 km away
  54. 3.17 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23834 days ago · 32 km deep · 2 km away
  55. 2.77 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23834 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
  56. 2.79 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23834 days ago · 30 km deep · 3 km away
  57. 3.37 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23833 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
  58. 3.44 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23832 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
  59. 3.220 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23832 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
  60. 2.714 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23831 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away

The first 60 of 70.

Before

  1. 1.913 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 23881 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23884 days ago · 32 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 2.64 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23884 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 2.89 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23888 days ago · 37 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 2.825 km W of Wainaku, Hawaii · 23889 days ago · 21 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 3.318 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23898 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 2.620 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23898 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 2.414 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23900 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 2.69 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23902 days ago · -1 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 3.022 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23902 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23903 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 3.714 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23904 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 2.119 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23904 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  14. 2.511 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23906 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 2.65 km SW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23908 days ago · 31 km deep · 13 km away
  16. 2.07 km SE of Fern Acres, Hawaii · 23908 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 2.621 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 23908 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 3.015 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23909 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 2.818 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23909 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19610113. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:34 PM UTC.