Hawaii earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 9 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 9 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Aug 3, 1961, 1:36 PM GMT-10 (23:36 UTC), -1 km (-1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 2 km ESE of Pepeekeo, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1961-08-03 23:36:29 UTC
Depth
-1.0 km (-0.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.380° N, 155.298° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
137°
Stations used
5

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 74 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.65 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23802 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 3.20 km SW of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23798 days ago · 17 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 2.611 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23796 days ago · 31 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 3.14 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23796 days ago · 31 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 2.523 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23793 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 3.110 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23793 days ago · 30 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 2.818 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23790 days ago · -1 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 2.69 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23790 days ago · -1 km deep · 0 km away
  9. 2.717 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23788 days ago · 24 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 2.713 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23785 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 2.76 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23785 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 3.18 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23784 days ago · 30 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 3.16 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23784 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 2.74 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23784 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 2.48 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23784 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 2.47 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23783 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 2.98 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23783 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 3.07 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23783 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 2.79 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23783 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
  20. 2.47 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23780 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  21. 4.52 km ESE of Pepeekeo, Hawaii · 23780 days ago · 43 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 2.620 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23780 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  23. 2.612 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23778 days ago · 42 km deep · 24 km away
  24. 2.43 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23776 days ago · 19 km deep · 12 km away
  25. 3.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23772 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  26. 3.621 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23771 days ago · 30 km deep · 49 km away
  27. 2.526 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23771 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 2.311 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23766 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  29. 2.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23765 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  30. 3.325 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23765 days ago · 27 km deep · 20 km away
  31. 2.920 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23765 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  32. 2.33 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23765 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
  33. 3.19 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23762 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
  34. 2.67 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 23760 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
  35. 2.73 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23759 days ago · 38 km deep · 18 km away
  36. 3.119 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23758 days ago · -1 km deep · 11 km away
  37. 2.87 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23756 days ago · 30 km deep · 3 km away
  38. 2.67 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23756 days ago · 27 km deep · 20 km away
  39. 3.210 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23753 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  40. 3.215 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23753 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  41. 3.217 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23753 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  42. 3.216 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23753 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  43. 2.723 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23753 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  44. 3.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23753 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  45. 4.49 km SSW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23752 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  46. 2.94 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 23751 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  47. 2.915 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23750 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
  48. 3.713 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23750 days ago · 16 km deep · 18 km away
  49. 3.513 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23750 days ago · 13 km deep · 41 km away
  50. 3.37 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23750 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
  51. 4.429 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23750 days ago · 38 km deep · 39 km away
  52. 4.321 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23750 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  53. 3.216 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23750 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
  54. 4.032 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23750 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  55. 3.019 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23750 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
  56. 3.137 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23750 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
  57. 3.811 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23750 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  58. 3.518 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23750 days ago · 29 km deep · 46 km away
  59. 4.321 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23750 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  60. 3.618 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23750 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away

The first 60 of 74.

Before

  1. 2.87 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 23803 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 2.47 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23807 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.96 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23807 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 2.510 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23808 days ago · 38 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 3.05 km E of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 23808 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.85 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23809 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 2.710 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23811 days ago · 28 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 3.35 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23812 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23812 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 3.39 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23812 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 3.06 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23812 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 2.77 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23812 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
  13. 2.98 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23812 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 2.124 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 23812 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 2.35 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23813 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 2.79 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23813 days ago · 30 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 2.54 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23813 days ago · 26 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 2.69 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23813 days ago · 28 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 2.67 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23813 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 2.19 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23813 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19610263. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 6:57 PM UTC.