Hawaii earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 7 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 7 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Dec 29, 1962, 6:41 PM GMT-10 (04:41 UTC), 28 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 8 km NW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
1962-12-30 04:41:27 UTC
Depth
28.1 km (17.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.418° N, 155.295° 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 1.9 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
86°
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: 110 in the 60 days after this one and 89 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.65 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 32 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 4.38 km NW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 2.815 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · -1 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.94 km NNW of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23276 days ago · -1 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 2.77 km NNE of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 23274 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 3.417 km SSW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23274 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.621 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23270 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 2.213 km W of Wainaku, Hawaii · 23270 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.913 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 4.57 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 2.66 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 36 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 2.37 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 32 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 2.87 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 2.419 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 2.413 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 2.99 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 2.725 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 2.89 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 3.47 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 36 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 2.216 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23268 days ago · 29 km deep · 12 km away
  21. 4.17 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 34 km deep · 9 km away
  22. 3.79 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 39 km deep · 11 km away
  23. 2.513 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 31 km deep · 10 km away
  24. 2.317 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
  25. 2.59 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 30 km deep · 3 km away
  26. 2.95 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 27 km deep · 3 km away
  27. 2.613 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
  28. 2.37 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 29 km deep · 1 km away
  29. 2.619 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  30. 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 30 km deep · 2 km away
  31. 2.48 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  32. 2.84 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 30 km deep · 3 km away
  33. 3.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  34. 2.95 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 32 km deep · 2 km away
  35. 2.76 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
  36. 2.56 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 31 km deep · 2 km away
  37. 2.99 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 30 km deep · 4 km away
  38. 3.57 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 31 km deep · 0 km away
  39. 3.54 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 28 km deep · 3 km away
  40. 2.413 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
  41. 1.98 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23267 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
  42. 2.110 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23266 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
  43. 2.28 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23266 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
  44. 2.218 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 23266 days ago · -1 km deep · 51 km away
  45. 2.813 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23266 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  46. 2.610 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23265 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
  47. 2.97 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23265 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  48. 2.84 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23264 days ago · 32 km deep · 8 km away
  49. 2.116 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23264 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  50. 2.532 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 23264 days ago · 14 km deep · 56 km away
  51. 2.28 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23264 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
  52. 4.015 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23263 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  53. 2.08 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23263 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  54. 2.39 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23263 days ago · 29 km deep · 6 km away
  55. 2.617 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23261 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  56. 3.48 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23261 days ago · 32 km deep · 6 km away
  57. 2.55 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23258 days ago · 26 km deep · 3 km away
  58. 2.56 km NNW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23258 days ago · 13 km deep · 60 km away
  59. 2.810 km NNW of Puako, Hawaii · 23257 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  60. 3.010 km NNW of Puako, Hawaii · 23256 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away

The first 60 of 110.

Before

  1. 3.011 km NE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23277 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.618 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23278 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 3.220 km N of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23279 days ago · 12 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 4.019 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23279 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 2.118 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 23279 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 1.918 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23279 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 2.724 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23280 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 2.55 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 23280 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 3.09 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23280 days ago · 28 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 2.50 km NNE of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 23280 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 2.315 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 23281 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 2.917 km W of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 23282 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  13. 2.520 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23283 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 2.711 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23283 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 1.78 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 23285 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 2.67 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 23285 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 3.51 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23286 days ago · 27 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 2.410 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 23286 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.319 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 23287 days ago · -1 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 2.47 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 23288 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19620995. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:50 AM UTC.