M2.0 earthquake 16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Sun, Sep 15, 1985, 5:18 PM HST

UTC

1985-09-16 03:18:23 UTC

Depth

8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.296° N, 155.259° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.12

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

121°

Stations used

42

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast17 kmS
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast45 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast351 kmSE

After

1. 1.818 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Sep 15, 5:45 PM HST · 14990 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
2. 2.112 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Sep 15, 7:43 PM HST · 14990 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
3. 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 16, 11:42 AM HST · 14990 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
4. 2.78 km NW of Kalaoa, HawaiiMon, Sep 16, 12:21 PM HST · 14989 days ago · 40 km deep · 97 km away
5. 2.321 km WNW of Hawaiian Ocean View, HawaiiMon, Sep 16, 1:18 PM HST · 14989 days ago · 17 km deep · 73 km away
6. 1.715 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 16, 2:55 PM HST · 14989 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
7. 2.514 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 16, 7:06 PM HST · 14989 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
8. 1.916 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 17, 8:11 AM HST · 14989 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
9. 1.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 17, 9:35 AM HST · 14989 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
10. 2.09 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, Sep 17, 1:04 PM HST · 14988 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
11. 1.817 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Sep 18, 5:05 AM HST · 14988 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
12. 2.79 km SSE of Waimea, HawaiiWed, Sep 18, 12:07 PM HST · 14988 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
13. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 19, 6:14 AM HST · 14987 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
14. 2.214 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 19, 6:16 AM HST · 14987 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
15. 1.824 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Sep 20, 3:46 AM HST · 14986 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
16. 2.19 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 20, 4:08 AM HST · 14986 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
17. 2.29 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 20, 9:42 AM HST · 14986 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
18. 2.113 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Sep 20, 6:18 PM HST · 14985 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
19. 1.618 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Sep 21, 12:23 AM HST · 14985 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
20. 2.77 km W of Captain Cook, HawaiiSat, Sep 21, 11:40 AM HST · 14985 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
21. 2.53 km E of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSat, Sep 21, 8:35 PM HST · 14984 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
22. 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Sep 21, 8:37 PM HST · 14984 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
23. 1.814 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Sep 22, 4:50 AM HST · 14984 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
24. 2.210 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 22, 4:52 AM HST · 14984 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
25. 2.515 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Sep 22, 7:12 AM HST · 14984 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
26. 1.817 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Sep 23, 3:12 AM HST · 14983 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
27. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 23, 4:15 AM HST · 14983 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
28. 1.813 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 23, 6:41 AM HST · 14983 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
29. 2.47 km N of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Sep 23, 4:01 PM HST · 14982 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
30. 1.520 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Sep 23, 5:32 PM HST · 14982 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
31. 1.513 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 23, 11:16 PM HST · 14982 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
32. 1.513 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 24, 6:56 AM HST · 14982 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
33. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 24, 12:32 PM HST · 14981 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
34. 2.123 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 25, 12:38 AM HST · 14981 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
35. 2.05 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 25, 12:51 AM HST · 14981 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
36. 1.76 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 25, 5:12 AM HST · 14981 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
37. 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 25, 7:34 AM HST · 14981 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
38. 1.818 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Sep 26, 12:04 AM HST · 14980 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
39. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Sep 26, 12:27 PM HST · 14979 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
40. 1.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Sep 26, 7:45 PM HST · 14979 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
41. 2.111 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 27, 11:38 AM HST · 14979 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
42. 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 28, 3:08 AM HST · 14978 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
43. 2.226 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 28, 6:12 AM HST · 14978 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
44. 1.718 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Sep 28, 10:51 PM HST · 14977 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
45. 2.725 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiMon, Sep 30, 7:28 PM HST · 14975 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
46. 1.715 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 30, 9:33 PM HST · 14975 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
47. 1.613 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Oct 1, 3:33 AM HST · 14975 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
48. 1.716 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 1, 7:56 AM HST · 14975 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
49. 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 1, 9:52 AM HST · 14975 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
50. 1.824 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Oct 1, 2:34 PM HST · 14974 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
51. 1.69 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 1, 4:28 PM HST · 14974 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
52. 1.812 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Oct 1, 9:32 PM HST · 14974 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
53. 1.715 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 1, 11:02 PM HST · 14974 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
54. 1.812 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 2, 1:19 PM HST · 14973 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
55. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 2, 11:17 PM HST · 14973 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
56. 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Oct 2, 11:38 PM HST · 14973 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
57. 1.814 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Oct 3, 6:10 AM HST · 14973 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
58. 3.727 km SE of Waikoloa, HawaiiThu, Oct 3, 6:12 AM HST · 14973 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
59. 2.226 km SE of Waikoloa, HawaiiThu, Oct 3, 10:17 AM HST · 14973 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
60. 1.515 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Oct 4, 3:24 AM HST · 14972 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of 196.

Before

1. 2.151 km SE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Sep 15, 6:25 AM HST · 14991 days ago · 32 km deep · 74 km away
2. 1.922 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Sep 15, 4:37 AM HST · 14991 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
3. 2.616 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Sep 15, 1:05 AM HST · 14991 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
4. 3.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 14, 11:59 PM HST · 14991 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
5. 1.818 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Sep 13, 4:22 AM HST · 14993 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
6. 1.920 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 13, 3:07 AM HST · 14993 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
7. 2.03 km SE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiWed, Sep 11, 5:48 AM HST · 14995 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
8. 1.913 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 11, 5:31 AM HST · 14995 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
9. 2.12 km SSW of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Sep 10, 4:25 PM HST · 14995 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
10. 2.10 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Sep 10, 4:19 PM HST · 14995 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
11. 2.018 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Sep 9, 8:58 AM HST · 14997 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
12. 2.79 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 9, 3:55 AM HST · 14997 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
13. 2.016 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Sep 9, 2:53 AM HST · 14997 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
14. 2.317 km SE of Waimea, HawaiiSun, Sep 8, 4:54 PM HST · 14997 days ago · 21 km deep · 76 km away
15. 2.014 km SE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Sep 8, 9:45 AM HST · 14998 days ago · 43 km deep · 47 km away
16. 1.617 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Sep 8, 1:38 AM HST · 14998 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
17. 1.714 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 7, 3:56 PM HST · 14998 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
18. 1.714 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 7, 2:06 PM HST · 14998 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
19. 2.613 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 7, 2:04 PM HST · 14998 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
20. 2.318 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Sep 7, 12:23 PM HST · 14998 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19851429. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:40 AM UTC.