M1.8 earthquake 8 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 8 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Mar 10, 1985, 7:35 AM HST (17:35 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 13 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-03-10 17:35:49 UTC
- Depth
- 7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.399° N, 155.298° 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, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.18
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 144 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.711 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15179 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.111 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15179 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.416 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15179 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.912 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15179 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.75 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15179 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15178 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.616 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15178 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.76 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15176 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.06 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15176 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.76 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15176 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.96 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15176 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.95 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15176 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.814 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15176 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15175 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.010 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15175 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.712 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15175 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.013 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15175 days ago · 23 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15175 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15175 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.814 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 15175 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.816 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15175 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15175 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.217 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15174 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.76 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15174 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15174 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15174 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.012 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 15173 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.819 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15173 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.338 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15173 days ago · 46 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.09 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15173 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15173 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.728 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15172 days ago · 42 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15171 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.018 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15171 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15171 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.813 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15171 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.814 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15171 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.525 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15170 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15170 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.3Hawaii region, Hawaii · 15170 days ago · 40 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.97 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15170 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15170 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15170 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.116 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15169 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15169 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.120 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 15168 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.413 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15168 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.714 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15167 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.84 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15167 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.217 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 15167 days ago · 24 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.618 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15166 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.53 km W of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15165 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15165 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15165 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.124 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15165 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.418 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15164 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.218 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15164 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.719 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15164 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15164 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15163 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
The first 60 of 199.
Before
- 2.310 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15180 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.73 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15180 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.517 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15180 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.917 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15181 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.328 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15181 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.52 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 15182 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15182 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.625 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15183 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.436 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15183 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15183 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.413 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15183 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.018 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15183 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15183 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.511 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15183 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 15183 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15183 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.523 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15184 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15184 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.412 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15184 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15184 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19850430. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:31 AM UTC.