M2.0 earthquake 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Jul 16, 1985, 11:37 PM HST (09:37 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 26 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-07-17 09:37:34 UTC
- Depth
- 7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.340° N, 155.168° 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, 0.7 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 148 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15051 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15050 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.821 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15050 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.58 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 15050 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.313 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15050 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.113 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15050 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.97 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15050 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.824 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15050 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.813 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15050 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15049 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.68 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15048 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15048 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.021 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15048 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15047 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.112 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15047 days ago · 38 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.011 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 15047 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.815 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15046 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.59 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15046 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.69 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15046 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.76 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15046 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15045 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.818 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15045 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.25 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15045 days ago · 12 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.010 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15045 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.929 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 15044 days ago · 21 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.48 km NNE of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 15043 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.818 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15043 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.920 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15042 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.59 km NW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15042 days ago · 23 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15041 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.119 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15041 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.115 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15041 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.918 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15041 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.817 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15041 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.47 km WSW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 15040 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15040 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.437 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15039 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.146 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15039 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15039 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15039 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15038 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.316 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15038 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15038 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.89 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15037 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.85 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15037 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.938 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15037 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15037 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.016 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15037 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.910 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15037 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.69 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15037 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15036 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15036 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15036 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.414 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 15036 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.716 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15035 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.92 km SSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15035 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.811 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15034 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.62 km SSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15034 days ago · 33 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15033 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.246 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15033 days ago · 22 km deep · 52 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 1.715 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15051 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15052 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.715 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15052 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.811 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 15053 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.011 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15053 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15054 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.123 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 15054 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.024 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15055 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.218 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15055 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.615 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15055 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15055 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15055 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.69 km ENE of Honalo, Hawaii · 15056 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.210 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15056 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.46 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 15057 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.813 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15057 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.220 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15057 days ago · 40 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.50 km WSW of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 15057 days ago · 40 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.220 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15057 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15057 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19851141. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:36 PM UTC.