M1.8 earthquake 19 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 19 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Oct 6, 1985, 5:45 PM HST (03:45 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 13 km SW of Volcano, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-10-07 03:45:05 UTC
- Depth
- 7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.272° N, 155.213° 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, 0.5 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 164°
- Stations used
- 35
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 96 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.917 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14968 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14968 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14968 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.915 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14968 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14968 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.915 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14968 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.615 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14967 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14967 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.924 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14967 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.617 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14967 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.613 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14967 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.521 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14967 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.917 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14967 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.113 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14966 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.018 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14966 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.316 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14965 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14965 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.316 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14965 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14965 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.617 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14964 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.923 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14964 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.613 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14964 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.525 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14964 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14963 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.812 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14963 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14963 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.513 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14963 days ago · 30 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14963 days ago · 29 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.711 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14963 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.222 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14962 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.821 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14961 days ago · 28 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.99 km S of Waimea, Hawaii · 14961 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.928 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14961 days ago · 23 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.714 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14961 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.016 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14961 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.824 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14961 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14960 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14960 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.819 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14960 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14960 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.521 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14959 days ago · 46 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.79 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14959 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.010 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14959 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14959 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.612 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14959 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.95 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14958 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.85 km N of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14958 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.16 km N of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14958 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.26 km N of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14958 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.818 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14958 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.96 km N of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14958 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.05 km N of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14958 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.15 km N of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14958 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14958 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.90 km NE of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 14957 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.817 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14957 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14957 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14957 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.514 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14956 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.713 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14956 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 1.518 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14969 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.817 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14969 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14969 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.824 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14969 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.716 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14969 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.720 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14969 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14969 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.614 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14969 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.912 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14970 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.96 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14970 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.615 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14970 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14971 days ago · 32 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.615 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14971 days ago · 33 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.011 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14971 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.515 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14971 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.226 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 14972 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.727 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 14972 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.814 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14972 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14972 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14972 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19851533. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:12 PM UTC.