M2.5 earthquake 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Mar 7, 1985, 2:31 PM HST (00:31 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 4 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-03-08 00:31:10 UTC
- Depth
- 8.1 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.335° N, 155.196° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 80°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 197 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.84 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15159 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.217 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 15159 days ago · 24 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.618 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15158 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.53 km W of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15158 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15158 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15158 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.124 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15157 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.418 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15157 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.218 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15156 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.719 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15156 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15156 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15155 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.243 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15155 days ago · 49 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.110 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 15155 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15155 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.113 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15154 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.73 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15154 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.317 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 15154 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.12 km SSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15154 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.023 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15154 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.312 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15153 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.69 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15152 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.812 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15152 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.58 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15152 days ago · 42 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15151 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.19 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15151 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.019 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15151 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.611 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15151 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.89 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15151 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.920 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15150 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15150 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.213 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15150 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15150 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15150 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.62 km NNW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15149 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.921 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15148 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.622 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15148 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.914 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15148 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.811 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15148 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.711 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15147 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.917 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15147 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.716 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15147 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15147 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.810 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15147 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15146 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15146 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.69 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15146 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.020 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15146 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.619 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15146 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.711 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15146 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.215 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 15146 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.013 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 15146 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.24 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15146 days ago · 39 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.914 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15145 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.813 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15145 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15145 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.46 km S of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 15145 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15144 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15144 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15144 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
The first 60 of 197.
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