M1.9 earthquake 10 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.9 (ml), micro

Local time

Thu, Oct 17, 1985, 2:23 PM HST

UTC

1985-10-18 00:23:43 UTC

Depth

6.7 km (4.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.348° N, 155.211° 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

±0.05

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

64°

Stations used

37

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast11 kmSSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast37 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast352 kmSE

After

1. 2.90 km NE of Captain Cook, HawaiiThu, Oct 17, 6:57 PM HST · 14957 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
2. 1.817 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Oct 17, 9:02 PM HST · 14957 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
3. 1.612 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Oct 18, 2:05 AM HST · 14957 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
4. 1.75 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 18, 5:30 AM HST · 14957 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
5. 1.514 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Oct 18, 8:23 PM HST · 14956 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
6. 1.713 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 18, 9:45 PM HST · 14956 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
7. 2.13 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Oct 19, 4:58 AM HST · 14956 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
8. 2.013 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 19, 10:53 AM HST · 14955 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
9. 2.024 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 19, 2:39 PM HST · 14955 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
10. 1.714 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 19, 7:01 PM HST · 14955 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
11. 1.812 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Oct 19, 7:03 PM HST · 14955 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
12. 1.86 km E of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Oct 20, 3:59 AM HST · 14955 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
13. 2.025 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Oct 20, 8:28 AM HST · 14955 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
14. 2.311 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Oct 20, 3:32 PM HST · 14954 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
15. 1.616 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 20, 6:46 PM HST · 14954 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
16. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Oct 21, 8:46 PM HST · 14953 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
17. 1.8Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Oct 21, 8:47 PM HST · 14953 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
18. 2.012 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiMon, Oct 21, 9:40 PM HST · 14953 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
19. 1.623 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Oct 23, 4:51 PM HST · 14951 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
20. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 24, 5:39 AM HST · 14951 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
21. 1.525 km N of Pāhala, HIThu, Oct 24, 1:09 PM HST · 14950 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
22. 1.95 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Oct 25, 2:20 AM HST · 14950 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
23. 2.313 km WSW of Kahaluu-Keauhou, HawaiiFri, Oct 25, 4:49 AM HST · 14950 days ago · 38 km deep · 93 km away
24. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Oct 25, 2:22 PM HST · 14949 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
25. 3.218 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Oct 25, 7:06 PM HST · 14949 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
26. 2.35 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 25, 8:01 PM HST · 14949 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
27. 1.63 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 26, 11:51 AM HST · 14948 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
28. 1.913 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Oct 26, 1:19 PM HST · 14948 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
29. 2.417 km SE of Waimea, HawaiiSat, Oct 26, 8:28 PM HST · 14948 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
30. 1.913 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 26, 11:42 PM HST · 14948 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
31. 1.923 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 27, 12:00 AM HST · 14948 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
32. 1.715 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 27, 3:17 PM HST · 14947 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
33. 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Oct 27, 4:35 PM HST · 14947 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
34. 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 27, 6:06 PM HST · 14947 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
35. 2.2Hawaii region, HawaiiSun, Oct 27, 8:55 PM HST · 14947 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
36. 1.912 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 27, 9:34 PM HST · 14947 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
37. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 28, 12:21 PM HST · 14946 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
38. 1.93 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Oct 28, 2:31 PM HST · 14946 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
39. 1.720 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 29, 6:49 AM HST · 14946 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
40. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 29, 10:10 AM HST · 14946 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
41. 1.613 km SE of Eden Roc, HawaiiTue, Oct 29, 9:54 PM HST · 14945 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
42. 1.815 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Oct 30, 4:30 AM HST · 14945 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
43. 1.813 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Oct 30, 6:11 AM HST · 14945 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
44. 1.514 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 30, 9:12 AM HST · 14945 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
45. 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 30, 2:06 PM HST · 14944 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
46. 2.118 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Oct 30, 6:47 PM HST · 14944 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
47. 2.48 km WSW of Honoka‘a, HawaiiThu, Oct 31, 11:48 AM HST · 14943 days ago · 36 km deep · 85 km away
48. 1.818 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Oct 31, 2:56 PM HST · 14943 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
49. 2.017 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Oct 31, 3:35 PM HST · 14943 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
50. 2.5Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Oct 31, 8:50 PM HST · 14943 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
51. 1.823 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 31, 9:46 PM HST · 14943 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
52. 2.517 km N of Hawaiian Ocean View, HawaiiSat, Nov 2, 10:50 AM HST · 14941 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
53. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 2, 2:29 PM HST · 14941 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
54. 2.13 km NNE of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiSat, Nov 2, 7:51 PM HST · 14941 days ago · 39 km deep · 74 km away
55. 1.829 km W of Wainaku, HawaiiSun, Nov 3, 1:36 AM HST · 14941 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
56. 1.711 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 3, 4:27 AM HST · 14941 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
57. 1.717 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 3, 6:20 PM HST · 14940 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
58. 1.89 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 4, 1:59 AM HST · 14940 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
59. 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Nov 4, 7:03 AM HST · 14940 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
60. 1.929 km SSE of Waimea, HawaiiMon, Nov 4, 3:15 PM HST · 14939 days ago · 24 km deep · 60 km away

The first 60 of 201.

Before

1. 3.15 km N of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Oct 17, 8:06 AM HST · 14958 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
2. 3.05 km N of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Oct 17, 8:03 AM HST · 14958 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
3. 1.96 km N of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Oct 17, 7:40 AM HST · 14958 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
4. 1.818 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Oct 17, 6:23 AM HST · 14958 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
5. 2.26 km N of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Oct 17, 5:33 AM HST · 14958 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
6. 2.16 km N of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Oct 17, 5:25 AM HST · 14958 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
7. 1.85 km N of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Oct 17, 2:57 AM HST · 14958 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
8. 1.95 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 17, 1:18 AM HST · 14958 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
9. 1.612 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 16, 6:18 PM HST · 14958 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
10. 1.714 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 16, 10:52 AM HST · 14958 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
11. 2.010 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 16, 6:05 AM HST · 14959 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
12. 2.79 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Oct 15, 11:24 PM HST · 14959 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
13. 2.521 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, Oct 15, 9:17 PM HST · 14959 days ago · 46 km deep · 25 km away
14. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 15, 4:59 PM HST · 14959 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
15. 1.819 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Oct 15, 3:41 AM HST · 14960 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
16. 1.916 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Oct 14, 8:15 PM HST · 14960 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
17. 3.116 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Oct 14, 7:13 PM HST · 14960 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
18. 1.824 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Oct 14, 6:22 PM HST · 14960 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
19. 2.016 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 14, 1:34 PM HST · 14960 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
20. 2.714 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Oct 14, 7:41 AM HST · 14961 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19851606. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 8:11 AM UTC.