M1.9 earthquake 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, May 13, 1985, 2:31 PM HST (00:31 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 10 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-05-14 00:31:57 UTC
- Depth
- 6.7 km (4.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.319° N, 155.193° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 135 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.615 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15114 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.62 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 15114 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.923 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15114 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15114 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.721 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15114 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15113 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.121 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15113 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.516 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15113 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.810 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15113 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15113 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15113 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.211 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15113 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.314 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 15113 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.514 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 15111 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.912 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15111 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.96 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15111 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.126 km ENE of Honomu, Hawaii · 15111 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.410 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15111 days ago · 45 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.914 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15110 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.812 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15110 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15110 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.716 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15109 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15109 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.518 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15108 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.79 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15108 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.09 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15108 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.89 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15108 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15108 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.19 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15108 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15108 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.115 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15108 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.19 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15108 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15107 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.87 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15107 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15107 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.118 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15107 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.14 km WNW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 15106 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.217 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15106 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.513 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 15105 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.822 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15105 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.712 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15105 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15105 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.216 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15105 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.818 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15104 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.519 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15104 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15104 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.512 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15104 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.113 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15104 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.86 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15104 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15102 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.69 km S of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 15101 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.114 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15101 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.914 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15101 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.825 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15101 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.914 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15101 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.82 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 15100 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.93 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15100 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.011 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15100 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.615 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15100 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15099 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
The first 60 of 200.
Before
- 1.826 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15115 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.89 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15116 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15116 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.410 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15116 days ago · 45 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.415 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15116 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15116 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15117 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15117 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15117 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.819 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15117 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.39 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15117 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15118 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.78 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15118 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.72 km SSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15119 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.330 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15120 days ago · 44 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.219 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15121 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.63 km ENE of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 15121 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.83 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15121 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.13 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 15121 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.93 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 15121 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19850752. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:11 PM UTC.