M1.7 earthquake 15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.7 (ml), micro

Local time

Tue, Oct 1, 1985, 11:02 PM HST

UTC

1985-10-02 09:02:30 UTC

Depth

7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.307° N, 155.256° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.11

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

113°

Stations used

39

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast15 kmS
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast43 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast351 kmSE

After

1. 1.812 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 2, 1:19 PM HST · 14973 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
2. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 2, 11:17 PM HST · 14972 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
3. 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Oct 2, 11:38 PM HST · 14972 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
4. 1.814 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Oct 3, 6:10 AM HST · 14972 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
5. 3.727 km SE of Waikoloa, HawaiiThu, Oct 3, 6:12 AM HST · 14972 days ago · 13 km deep · 63 km away
6. 2.226 km SE of Waikoloa, HawaiiThu, Oct 3, 10:17 AM HST · 14972 days ago · 12 km deep · 64 km away
7. 1.515 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Oct 4, 3:24 AM HST · 14971 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
8. 3.011 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 4, 10:25 AM HST · 14971 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away
9. 2.615 km SE of Waimea, HawaiiFri, Oct 4, 11:22 AM HST · 14971 days ago · 33 km deep · 76 km away
10. 2.9Island of Hawaii, HawaiiFri, Oct 4, 5:37 PM HST · 14970 days ago · 32 km deep · 5 km away
11. 1.615 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, Oct 4, 7:53 PM HST · 14970 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
12. 1.96 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Oct 5, 3:39 AM HST · 14970 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
13. 1.912 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Oct 5, 11:53 AM HST · 14970 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
14. 1.614 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Oct 6, 12:42 AM HST · 14969 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
15. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 6, 5:38 AM HST · 14969 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
16. 1.720 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Oct 6, 5:57 AM HST · 14969 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
17. 1.716 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 6, 8:19 AM HST · 14969 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
18. 1.824 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Oct 6, 8:24 AM HST · 14969 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
19. 2.016 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 6, 3:35 PM HST · 14968 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
20. 1.817 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 6, 3:37 PM HST · 14968 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
21. 1.518 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 6, 5:41 PM HST · 14968 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
22. 1.819 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 6, 5:45 PM HST · 14968 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
23. 1.917 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 6, 7:36 PM HST · 14968 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
24. 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 6, 8:44 PM HST · 14968 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
25. 1.7Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Oct 7, 11:06 AM HST · 14968 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
26. 1.915 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiMon, Oct 7, 1:19 PM HST · 14968 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
27. 2.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 7, 3:24 PM HST · 14967 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
28. 1.915 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Oct 7, 4:43 PM HST · 14967 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
29. 1.615 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 7, 11:34 PM HST · 14967 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
30. 1.8Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Oct 8, 2:52 AM HST · 14967 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
31. 1.924 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 8, 3:08 AM HST · 14967 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
32. 1.617 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 8, 9:30 AM HST · 14967 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
33. 1.613 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 8, 12:09 PM HST · 14967 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
34. 1.521 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Oct 8, 1:26 PM HST · 14967 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
35. 2.917 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 8, 1:48 PM HST · 14966 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
36. 2.113 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 8, 9:20 PM HST · 14966 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
37. 2.018 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 9, 11:05 AM HST · 14966 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away
38. 2.316 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Oct 10, 5:50 AM HST · 14965 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
39. 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 10, 7:43 AM HST · 14965 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
40. 3.316 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Oct 10, 10:02 AM HST · 14965 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
41. 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Oct 10, 4:32 PM HST · 14964 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
42. 1.617 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Oct 11, 12:31 AM HST · 14964 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
43. 1.923 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 11, 12:51 PM HST · 14964 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
44. 1.613 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Oct 11, 1:44 PM HST · 14963 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
45. 1.525 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 11, 2:41 PM HST · 14963 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
46. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 11, 8:51 PM HST · 14963 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
47. 1.812 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Oct 12, 7:35 AM HST · 14963 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
48. 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 12, 8:33 AM HST · 14963 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
49. 3.513 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 12, 8:44 AM HST · 14963 days ago · 30 km deep · 10 km away
50. 1.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Oct 12, 9:41 AM HST · 14963 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away
51. 1.711 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 12, 5:53 PM HST · 14962 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
52. 2.222 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 13, 5:33 AM HST · 14962 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
53. 2.821 km S of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSun, Oct 13, 11:12 PM HST · 14961 days ago · 28 km deep · 62 km away
54. 1.99 km S of Waimea, HawaiiMon, Oct 14, 5:08 AM HST · 14961 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
55. 1.928 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Oct 14, 7:06 AM HST · 14961 days ago · 23 km deep · 56 km away
56. 2.714 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Oct 14, 7:41 AM HST · 14961 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
57. 2.016 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 14, 1:34 PM HST · 14960 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
58. 1.824 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Oct 14, 6:22 PM HST · 14960 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
59. 3.116 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Oct 14, 7:13 PM HST · 14960 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
60. 1.916 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Oct 14, 8:15 PM HST · 14960 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

1. 1.812 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Oct 1, 9:32 PM HST · 14973 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
2. 1.69 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 1, 4:28 PM HST · 14973 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
3. 1.824 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Oct 1, 2:34 PM HST · 14973 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
4. 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 1, 9:52 AM HST · 14974 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
5. 1.716 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 1, 7:56 AM HST · 14974 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
6. 1.613 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Oct 1, 3:33 AM HST · 14974 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
7. 1.715 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 30, 9:33 PM HST · 14974 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
8. 2.725 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiMon, Sep 30, 7:28 PM HST · 14974 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
9. 1.718 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Sep 28, 10:51 PM HST · 14976 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
10. 2.226 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 28, 6:12 AM HST · 14977 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
11. 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 28, 3:08 AM HST · 14977 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
12. 2.111 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 27, 11:38 AM HST · 14978 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
13. 1.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Sep 26, 7:45 PM HST · 14978 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
14. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Sep 26, 12:27 PM HST · 14979 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
15. 1.818 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Sep 26, 12:04 AM HST · 14979 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
16. 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 25, 7:34 AM HST · 14980 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
17. 1.76 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 25, 5:12 AM HST · 14980 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
18. 2.05 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 25, 12:51 AM HST · 14980 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
19. 2.123 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 25, 12:38 AM HST · 14980 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
20. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 24, 12:32 PM HST · 14981 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19851501. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:56 AM UTC.