Hawaii earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 7 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 7 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Sep 24, 1961, 7:09 PM GMT-10 (05:09 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 29 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.3 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1961-09-25 05:09:39 UTC
Depth
28.7 km (17.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.382° N, 155.254° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
153°
Stations used
10

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 89 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.429 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23751 days ago · 38 km deep · 36 km away
  2. 4.321 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23751 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 3.216 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23751 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 4.032 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23751 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 3.019 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23751 days ago · 16 km deep · 29 km away
  6. 3.137 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23751 days ago · 18 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 3.811 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23751 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 3.518 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23751 days ago · 29 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 4.321 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23751 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 3.618 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23751 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 2.85 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23751 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 3.08 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23751 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 2.917 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23751 days ago · 14 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 3.024 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23751 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 2.921 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23751 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 3.522 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23751 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 3.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23751 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 3.517 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23750 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 2.322 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23749 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 2.712 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23749 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  21. 3.723 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23748 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  22. 3.722 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23748 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
  23. 2.611 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23744 days ago · -1 km deep · 43 km away
  24. 2.417 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23744 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  25. 1.97 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23742 days ago · 28 km deep · 1 km away
  26. 2.414 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23741 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  27. 3.125 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23740 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  28. 2.115 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23740 days ago · -1 km deep · 9 km away
  29. 2.74 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 23739 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
  30. 2.420 km WSW of Hilo, Hawaii · 23730 days ago · 50 km deep · 33 km away
  31. 2.716 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 23727 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 3.111 km NNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 23727 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 1.912 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23726 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
  34. 3.08 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23723 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  35. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23723 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  36. 2.512 km WSW of Hilo, Hawaii · 23716 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
  37. 1.94 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23713 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
  38. 2.85 km NNE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23711 days ago · 28 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 3.120 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23711 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  40. 2.628 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 23710 days ago · 12 km deep · 55 km away
  41. 2.64 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23709 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
  42. 2.119 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 23709 days ago · 14 km deep · 29 km away
  43. 2.09 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23709 days ago · 34 km deep · 3 km away
  44. 2.67 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23706 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
  45. 3.34 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23705 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
  46. 2.53 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23704 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
  47. 2.913 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23702 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  48. 3.311 km WSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 23701 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  49. 2.75 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23699 days ago · 27 km deep · 2 km away
  50. 3.06 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23698 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
  51. 2.615 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23698 days ago · 40 km deep · 11 km away
  52. 2.410 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23698 days ago · 44 km deep · 22 km away
  53. 2.69 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23697 days ago · 30 km deep · 3 km away
  54. 2.75 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23697 days ago · 30 km deep · 2 km away
  55. 2.74 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23697 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
  56. 2.62 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23697 days ago · 25 km deep · 5 km away
  57. 3.24 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23697 days ago · 28 km deep · 2 km away
  58. 3.324 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 23696 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  59. 2.66 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23696 days ago · 30 km deep · 6 km away
  60. 2.57 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23695 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away

The first 60 of 89.

Before

  1. 3.513 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23751 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 3.713 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23752 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
  3. 2.915 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23752 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 2.94 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 23752 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  5. 4.49 km SSW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23753 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  6. 3.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23754 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 2.723 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23754 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 3.216 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23754 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  9. 3.217 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23754 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 3.215 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23754 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 3.210 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23754 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 2.67 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23758 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 2.87 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23758 days ago · 30 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 3.119 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23760 days ago · -1 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 2.73 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23760 days ago · 38 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 2.67 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 23762 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 3.19 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23763 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 2.33 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23766 days ago · -1 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 2.920 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23766 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 3.325 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23766 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19610328. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:32 AM UTC.