Hawaii earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 19 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 19 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Sep 16, 1961, 6:38 AM GMT-10 (16:38 UTC), -1 km (-1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 9 km SSW of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1961-09-16 16:38:58 UTC
Depth
-1.2 km (-0.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.374° N, 155.401° W
Region
Hawaii
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.8 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
130°
Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 62 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.87 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23755 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 2.67 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23755 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 3.210 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23751 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 3.215 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23751 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 3.217 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23751 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 3.216 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23751 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 2.723 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23751 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 3.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23751 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 4.49 km SSW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23750 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 2.94 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 23749 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 2.915 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23749 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 3.713 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23748 days ago · 16 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 3.513 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23748 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 3.37 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23748 days ago · 29 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 4.429 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23748 days ago · 38 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 4.321 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23748 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 3.216 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23748 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
  18. 4.032 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23748 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 3.019 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23748 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 3.137 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23748 days ago · 18 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 3.811 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23748 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  22. 3.518 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23748 days ago · 29 km deep · 57 km away
  23. 4.321 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23748 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  24. 3.618 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23748 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  25. 2.85 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23748 days ago · 13 km deep · 52 km away
  26. 3.08 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23748 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
  27. 2.917 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23748 days ago · 14 km deep · 49 km away
  28. 3.024 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23748 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  29. 2.921 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23748 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
  30. 3.522 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23748 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  31. 3.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23748 days ago · 31 km deep · 13 km away
  32. 3.517 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23747 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  33. 2.322 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23746 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  34. 2.712 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23746 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  35. 3.723 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23745 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 3.722 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23745 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 2.611 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23741 days ago · -1 km deep · 31 km away
  38. 2.417 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23741 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  39. 1.97 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23738 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
  40. 2.414 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23738 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
  41. 3.125 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23737 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  42. 2.115 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23736 days ago · -1 km deep · 13 km away
  43. 2.74 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 23736 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  44. 2.420 km WSW of Hilo, Hawaii · 23727 days ago · 50 km deep · 36 km away
  45. 2.716 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23724 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
  46. 3.111 km NNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 23724 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  47. 1.912 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23722 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
  48. 3.08 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23720 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  49. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23719 days ago · 28 km deep · 17 km away
  50. 2.512 km WSW of Hilo, Hawaii · 23713 days ago · 20 km deep · 41 km away
  51. 1.94 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23710 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
  52. 2.85 km NNE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23708 days ago · 28 km deep · 82 km away
  53. 3.120 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23707 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  54. 2.628 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23706 days ago · 12 km deep · 50 km away
  55. 2.64 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23706 days ago · 29 km deep · 16 km away
  56. 2.119 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23706 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
  57. 2.09 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23706 days ago · 34 km deep · 13 km away
  58. 2.67 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23703 days ago · 14 km deep · 13 km away
  59. 3.34 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23701 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
  60. 2.53 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23701 days ago · 24 km deep · 20 km away

The first 60 of 62.

Before

  1. 2.73 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23757 days ago · 38 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 2.67 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 23759 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 3.19 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23760 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 2.33 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23763 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 2.920 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23763 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 3.325 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23763 days ago · 27 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 2.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23764 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 2.311 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23764 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 2.526 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23769 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 3.621 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23769 days ago · 30 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 3.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23770 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 2.43 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23775 days ago · 19 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 2.738 km WSW of Kahaluu-Keauhou, Hawaii · 23775 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 2.612 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23777 days ago · 42 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 2.620 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23778 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  16. 4.52 km ESE of Pepeekeo, Hawaii · 23778 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 2.47 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23778 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
  18. 2.79 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23781 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 3.07 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23781 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 2.98 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23781 days ago · -1 km deep · 11 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19610312. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:13 PM UTC.