Hawaii earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 23 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 23 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Sep 21, 1961, 2:41 PM GMT-10 (00:41 UTC), 7 km (4 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
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1961-09-22 00:41:56 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.507° N, 155.445° 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 2.7 km horizontally, 11.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
221°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
3

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 71 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23744 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 4.49 km SSW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23743 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 2.94 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 23741 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 2.915 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23741 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 3.713 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23741 days ago · 16 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 3.513 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23740 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 3.37 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23740 days ago · 29 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 4.429 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23740 days ago · 38 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 4.321 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23740 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 3.216 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23740 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 4.032 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23740 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 3.019 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23740 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 3.137 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23740 days ago · 18 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 3.811 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23740 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  15. 3.518 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23740 days ago · 29 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 4.321 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23740 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 3.618 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23740 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 2.85 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23740 days ago · 13 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 3.08 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23740 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 2.917 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23740 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  21. 3.024 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23740 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  22. 2.921 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23740 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 3.522 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23740 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 3.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23740 days ago · 31 km deep · 25 km away
  25. 3.517 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23740 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
  26. 2.322 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23739 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  27. 2.712 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23738 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
  28. 3.723 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23737 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  29. 3.722 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23737 days ago · 12 km deep · 58 km away
  30. 2.611 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23733 days ago · -1 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 2.417 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23733 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  32. 1.97 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23731 days ago · 28 km deep · 23 km away
  33. 2.414 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23731 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
  34. 3.125 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23730 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  35. 2.115 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23729 days ago · -1 km deep · 27 km away
  36. 2.74 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 23729 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  37. 2.420 km WSW of Hilo, Hawaii · 23719 days ago · 50 km deep · 25 km away
  38. 2.716 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23717 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
  39. 3.111 km NNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 23717 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 1.912 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23715 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
  41. 3.08 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23713 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  42. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23712 days ago · 28 km deep · 23 km away
  43. 2.512 km WSW of Hilo, Hawaii · 23706 days ago · 20 km deep · 32 km away
  44. 1.94 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23703 days ago · 29 km deep · 24 km away
  45. 2.85 km NNE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23701 days ago · 28 km deep · 67 km away
  46. 3.120 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23700 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  47. 2.628 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23699 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
  48. 2.64 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23699 days ago · 29 km deep · 23 km away
  49. 2.119 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23699 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
  50. 2.09 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23699 days ago · 34 km deep · 24 km away
  51. 2.67 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23696 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
  52. 3.34 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23694 days ago · 16 km deep · 19 km away
  53. 2.53 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23694 days ago · 24 km deep · 21 km away
  54. 2.913 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23692 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  55. 3.311 km WSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 23690 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
  56. 2.75 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23688 days ago · 27 km deep · 23 km away
  57. 3.06 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23688 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
  58. 2.615 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23688 days ago · 40 km deep · 35 km away
  59. 2.410 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23687 days ago · 44 km deep · 25 km away
  60. 2.69 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23686 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away

The first 60 of 71.

Before

  1. 3.216 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23744 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 3.217 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23744 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 3.215 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23744 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 3.210 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23744 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 2.67 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23747 days ago · 27 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 2.87 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23747 days ago · 30 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 3.119 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23749 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 2.73 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23750 days ago · 38 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 2.67 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 23751 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 3.19 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23753 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 2.33 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23755 days ago · -1 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 2.920 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23756 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 3.325 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23756 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
  14. 2.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23756 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
  15. 2.311 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23757 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.526 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23761 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 3.621 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23762 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 3.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23763 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 2.43 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23767 days ago · 19 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 2.738 km WSW of Kahaluu-Keauhou, Hawaii · 23768 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19610321. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 2:47 PM UTC.