M2.1 earthquake 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Nov 11, 1985, 5:49 AM HST (15:49 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 2 km ESE of Kealakekua, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-11-11 15:49:40 UTC
- Depth
- 6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.338° N, 155.182° 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, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 113 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.925 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14933 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.94 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14933 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.03 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14933 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14933 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.826 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14933 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.923 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14933 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.826 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14932 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.910 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14931 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14931 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.825 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14931 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14931 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14931 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14931 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.312 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14931 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14931 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14931 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14930 days ago · 14 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.611 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14930 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.210 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14930 days ago · 30 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14930 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.715 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14929 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.312 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14929 days ago · 40 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.421 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14928 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.724 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14928 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.318 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14928 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14927 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.89 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14927 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.013 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14927 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.713 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14927 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.713 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14927 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.915 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14927 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.917 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14927 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14926 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.616 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14926 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.21 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14926 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.09 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14926 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.23 km E of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 14926 days ago · 27 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.812 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14925 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.72 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14925 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.69 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14925 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.219 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14925 days ago · 38 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.67 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14925 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14925 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.66 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14924 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.56 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14924 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14924 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.020 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14924 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14924 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.222 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 14924 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.611 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14924 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.125 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14924 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14923 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14923 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.66 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14923 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14923 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.116 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14923 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.66 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14923 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14923 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.814 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14923 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.76 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14923 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
The first 60 of 196.
Before
- 1.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14934 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14934 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.015 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14935 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.013 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14935 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14935 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14935 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.819 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14935 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14935 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.66 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14936 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14936 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14936 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14937 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14937 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.710 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14937 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.620 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14937 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14937 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.96 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14938 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.212 km ESE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14938 days ago · 41 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.013 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14939 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.824 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14939 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
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