M3.1 earthquake 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Apr 10, 1968, 4:59 AM GMT-10 (14:59 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 7 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1968-04-10 14:59:48 UTC
- Depth
- 0.7 km (0.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.420° N, 155.283° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 170°
- Stations used
- 13
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 56 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.55 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21349 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.818 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21349 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21347 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21347 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.221 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21346 days ago · 52 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21346 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21345 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.413 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21345 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.05 km SW of Puako, Hawaii · 21345 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21344 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.37 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21344 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.46 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21344 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21343 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.66 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21342 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.416 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21342 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.813 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21342 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.46 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21340 days ago · 35 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.319 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21335 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.421 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21333 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.32 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21331 days ago · 21 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.86 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21331 days ago · 25 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.50 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 21329 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.615 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 21329 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21328 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.518 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21328 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.819 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21325 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.318 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21322 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.219 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21322 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.318 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21322 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.76 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21321 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.56 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21321 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.815 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21321 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.417 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21320 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.45 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21320 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21320 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.17 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21319 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.214 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21319 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.316 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21318 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.119 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21318 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.216 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21318 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.516 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21318 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.317 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21317 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.717 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 21317 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.56 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21316 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.915 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21316 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.77 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21316 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21315 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.821 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21315 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.218 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21314 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21314 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21313 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.317 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21312 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.06 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21311 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.818 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21311 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.116 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21310 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.724 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 21310 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.017 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21309 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.919 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21308 days ago · 42 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.314 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21306 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21306 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
The first 60 of 110.
Before
- 4.07 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21349 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.418 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21350 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.69 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21351 days ago · 34 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.113 km NW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 21351 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.93 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21353 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.6Hawaii region, Hawaii · 21353 days ago · 40 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.518 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21354 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.610 km SW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 21354 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.831 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 21354 days ago · 34 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.417 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 21355 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.35 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 21355 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.920 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21355 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.117 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21356 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.317 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 21356 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21357 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.324 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 21357 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.411 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 21358 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 21358 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 21359 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.419 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 21360 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19680414. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:54 AM UTC.