Hawaii earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 9 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 9 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, May 10, 1965, 9:02 PM GMT-10 (07:02 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 18 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1965-05-11 07:02:32 UTC
Depth
31.2 km (19.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.366° N, 155.267° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
158°
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: 99 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.44 km SSE of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22427 days ago · 17 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.816 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22427 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 2.1Hawaii region, Hawaii · 22426 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 2.66 km WNW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 22426 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 2.711 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22426 days ago · 31 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.37 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22425 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 2.117 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22425 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 2.822 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22425 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 2.614 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22425 days ago · 38 km deep · 17 km away
  10. 2.316 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22423 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 2.19 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22423 days ago · 13 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 2.53 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22422 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
  13. 2.37 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22422 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 3.58 km WNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 22422 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 3.614 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22422 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 2.110 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22421 days ago · 34 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 2.19 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22421 days ago · 34 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 3.028 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22420 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 2.63 km SW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22418 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 2.69 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 22418 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 2.617 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22418 days ago · 46 km deep · 15 km away
  22. 2.44 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22417 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
  23. 2.113 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22417 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
  24. 2.817 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22415 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 3.519 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22414 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
  26. 3.02 km SSW of Kukuihaele, Hawaii · 22414 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
  27. 2.426 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22414 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
  28. 3.618 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22413 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  29. 2.318 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22413 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  30. 2.117 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22412 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  31. 2.223 km SSW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 22411 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  32. 2.318 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22410 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 2.314 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22409 days ago · 12 km deep · 54 km away
  34. 3.15 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22408 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 2.64 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22408 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
  36. 2.67 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22408 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
  37. 2.120 km ENE of Honomu, Hawaii · 22407 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 2.010 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22407 days ago · 33 km deep · 2 km away
  39. 3.510 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 22407 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  40. 2.121 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22406 days ago · -2 km deep · 20 km away
  41. 2.122 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22406 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  42. 1.918 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22406 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  43. 2.65 km WSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22405 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
  44. 2.414 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22405 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  45. 2.36 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22405 days ago · 32 km deep · 3 km away
  46. 2.310 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22405 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
  47. 2.08 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22404 days ago · 31 km deep · 1 km away
  48. 2.82 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22403 days ago · 30 km deep · 6 km away
  49. 2.97 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22403 days ago · 41 km deep · 7 km away
  50. 2.76 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22403 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 2.37 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22403 days ago · 30 km deep · 2 km away
  52. 2.37 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22401 days ago · 29 km deep · 2 km away
  53. 1.921 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22401 days ago · -1 km deep · 18 km away
  54. 2.216 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22401 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
  55. 1.819 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22400 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  56. 2.46 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22400 days ago · 36 km deep · 4 km away
  57. 3.38 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22399 days ago · 29 km deep · 1 km away
  58. 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 22399 days ago · 30 km deep · 3 km away
  59. 2.225 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22398 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
  60. 2.012 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 22398 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away

The first 60 of 99.

Before

  1. 2.51 km NNW of Honalo, Hawaii · 22428 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.57 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 22430 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 2.37 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22431 days ago · 31 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.08 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 22431 days ago · 34 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 2.723 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 22431 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 2.418 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 22431 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 2.57 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 22431 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 1.67 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22434 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 2.26 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22434 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 2.38 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22434 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 2.49 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 22434 days ago · 34 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 2.89 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22434 days ago · 32 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 2.745 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 22437 days ago · 54 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.915 km WSW of Puako, Hawaii · 22439 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.54 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22439 days ago · 36 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 2.929 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 22440 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 2.317 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 22441 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 2.620 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22441 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 2.37 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 22442 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  20. 2.220 km E of Hawaiian Beaches, Hawaii · 22443 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19650276. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:45 PM UTC.