Hawaii earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 20 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 20 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Dec 3, 1966, 3:26 AM GMT-10 (13:26 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 8 km SW 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
1966-12-03 13:26:39 UTC
Depth
7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.383° N, 155.421° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
101°
Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 63 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21851 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  2. 2.517 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21850 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 2.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21850 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 2.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21848 days ago · 30 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 2.827 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 21848 days ago · 45 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 2.921 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21847 days ago · 14 km deep · 28 km away
  7. 3.37 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 21847 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 2.517 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21847 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 3.112 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21845 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 3.74 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21845 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 3.749 km WSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 21844 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21843 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 2.47 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21842 days ago · -1 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 2.823 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21841 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 2.64 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 21839 days ago · -1 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21833 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 2.710 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21832 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 3.516 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21831 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 2.911 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21826 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 4.38 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21825 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
  21. 3.19 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21825 days ago · 27 km deep · 13 km away
  22. 3.610 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21825 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
  23. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21825 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
  24. 2.817 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21825 days ago · 38 km deep · 17 km away
  25. 2.817 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21824 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  26. 2.97 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21823 days ago · 34 km deep · 45 km away
  27. 3.018 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21823 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 2.77 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21822 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  29. 2.621 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 21820 days ago · 16 km deep · 50 km away
  30. 2.514 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21819 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  31. 3.77 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21819 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
  32. 2.56 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21819 days ago · 34 km deep · 14 km away
  33. 2.521 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21818 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  34. 3.33 km ESE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 21818 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  35. 1.919 km S of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 21818 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  36. 2.916 km SSE of Fern Forest, HI · 21816 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
  37. 3.015 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21816 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
  38. 2.513 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21816 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  39. 3.611 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21816 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  40. 3.914 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21815 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  41. 3.18 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21815 days ago · 29 km deep · 14 km away
  42. 2.829 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21814 days ago · 18 km deep · 19 km away
  43. 2.820 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21813 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  44. 2.813 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 21811 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
  45. 3.013 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21811 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
  46. 3.117 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21807 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  47. 2.616 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21804 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  48. 3.821 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21804 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  49. 4.118 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21802 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  50. 2.219 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21802 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  51. 2.321 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21802 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  52. 2.415 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21802 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  53. 2.119 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21801 days ago · 13 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 2.418 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21801 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  55. 2.711 km ESE of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 21800 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  56. 3.58 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21800 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  57. 2.54 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 21798 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  58. 2.715 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21798 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
  59. 2.621 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21798 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  60. 3.430 km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 21798 days ago · 20 km deep · 84 km away

The first 60 of 63.

Before

  1. 2.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21854 days ago · 40 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 2.512 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21855 days ago · 45 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 2.918 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21855 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.97 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21855 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 2.89 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21857 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 2.819 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21859 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 2.621 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21859 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 3.521 km N of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 21860 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 2.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21860 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 3.716 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21860 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 2.714 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21862 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 3.818 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21863 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 2.915 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21864 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 2.816 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21867 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 2.513 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21868 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 2.821 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21868 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 2.733 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21869 days ago · 17 km deep · 20 km away
  18. 2.610 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21869 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 2.315 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21869 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 3.77 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21870 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19660485. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:29 AM UTC.