M2.3 earthquake 12 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.3 (ml), micro

Local time

Thu, Nov 14, 1985, 3:48 AM HST

UTC

1985-11-14 13:48:42 UTC

Depth

7.8 km (4.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.421° N, 155.349° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.07

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

33°

Stations used

46

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast12 kmWSW
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast44 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast335 kmSE

After

1. 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 14, 4:00 AM HST · 14930 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
2. 2.56 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 14, 4:25 AM HST · 14930 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
3. 2.815 km W of Kailua-Kona, HawaiiThu, Nov 14, 1:05 PM HST · 14930 days ago · 36 km deep · 87 km away
4. 2.3Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Nov 14, 4:59 PM HST · 14929 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
5. 1.611 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiThu, Nov 14, 8:00 PM HST · 14929 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
6. 2.210 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 15, 4:15 AM HST · 14929 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
7. 1.65 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, Nov 15, 1:24 PM HST · 14928 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
8. 1.715 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 16, 4:15 AM HST · 14928 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
9. 2.312 km SE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Nov 16, 10:03 AM HST · 14928 days ago · 40 km deep · 54 km away
10. 2.421 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 17, 12:18 AM HST · 14927 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
11. 1.724 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 17, 2:28 AM HST · 14927 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
12. 2.318 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 17, 12:35 PM HST · 14927 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
13. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 17, 4:46 PM HST · 14926 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
14. 1.89 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 17, 8:02 PM HST · 14926 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
15. 3.013 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiMon, Nov 18, 4:17 AM HST · 14926 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
16. 1.713 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 18, 6:02 AM HST · 14926 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
17. 1.713 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 18, 8:37 AM HST · 14926 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
18. 1.915 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Nov 18, 9:35 AM HST · 14926 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
19. 1.917 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Nov 18, 10:01 AM HST · 14926 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
20. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 18, 10:15 PM HST · 14925 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
21. 1.616 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Nov 19, 6:08 AM HST · 14925 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
22. 2.21 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Nov 19, 8:55 AM HST · 14925 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
23. 2.09 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 19, 12:41 PM HST · 14925 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
24. 2.23 km E of Kalaoa, HawaiiTue, Nov 19, 1:55 PM HST · 14924 days ago · 27 km deep · 71 km away
25. 2.812 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 19, 4:04 PM HST · 14924 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
26. 1.72 km E of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, Nov 20, 1:39 AM HST · 14924 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
27. 1.69 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 20, 8:09 AM HST · 14924 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
28. 2.219 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, Nov 20, 9:42 AM HST · 14924 days ago · 38 km deep · 40 km away
29. 1.67 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 20, 10:40 AM HST · 14924 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
30. 1.67 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 20, 2:07 PM HST · 14923 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
31. 1.66 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 20, 6:10 PM HST · 14923 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
32. 1.56 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 20, 6:16 PM HST · 14923 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
33. 1.67 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 20, 6:18 PM HST · 14923 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
34. 2.020 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Nov 20, 7:51 PM HST · 14923 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
35. 1.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Nov 20, 9:23 PM HST · 14923 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
36. 2.222 km SE of Waikoloa, HawaiiWed, Nov 20, 11:39 PM HST · 14923 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
37. 1.611 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 21, 9:02 AM HST · 14923 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
38. 2.125 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 21, 12:27 PM HST · 14923 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
39. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 21, 2:26 PM HST · 14922 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
40. 1.67 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 1:56 AM HST · 14922 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
41. 1.66 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 2:48 AM HST · 14922 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
42. 1.65 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 5:45 AM HST · 14922 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
43. 2.116 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 6:29 AM HST · 14922 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
44. 1.66 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 9:43 AM HST · 14922 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
45. 1.95 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 10:38 AM HST · 14922 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
46. 1.814 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 11:33 AM HST · 14922 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
47. 1.76 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 1:00 PM HST · 14922 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
48. 2.014 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 1:35 PM HST · 14921 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
49. 1.55 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 1:37 PM HST · 14921 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
50. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 5:41 PM HST · 14921 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
51. 1.66 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 5:56 PM HST · 14921 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
52. 1.83 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 6:59 PM HST · 14921 days ago · 34 km deep · 9 km away
53. 1.99 km WSW of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 8:47 PM HST · 14921 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
54. 1.515 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Nov 23, 8:42 AM HST · 14921 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
55. 2.97 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Nov 23, 8:53 AM HST · 14921 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
56. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 23, 11:24 AM HST · 14921 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
57. 1.914 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Nov 23, 4:10 PM HST · 14920 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
58. 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 23, 7:15 PM HST · 14920 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
59. 1.917 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 24, 12:07 AM HST · 14920 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
60. 2.33 km SE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Nov 24, 3:16 PM HST · 14919 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away

The first 60 of 196.

Before

1. 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 13, 10:41 PM HST · 14930 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
2. 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 13, 9:41 PM HST · 14930 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
3. 1.85 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 13, 9:34 PM HST · 14930 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
4. 1.825 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 13, 9:20 PM HST · 14930 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
5. 3.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Nov 13, 8:01 PM HST · 14930 days ago · 18 km deep · 7 km away
6. 1.910 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Nov 13, 4:02 PM HST · 14930 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
7. 1.826 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 13, 11:35 AM HST · 14931 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
8. 1.923 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Nov 12, 9:40 AM HST · 14932 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
9. 2.826 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 12, 9:22 AM HST · 14932 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
10. 1.7Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Nov 12, 8:14 AM HST · 14932 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
11. 2.03 km ESE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, Nov 12, 5:55 AM HST · 14932 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
12. 1.94 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 12, 5:09 AM HST · 14932 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
13. 1.925 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Nov 11, 5:55 PM HST · 14932 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
14. 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 11, 5:49 AM HST · 14933 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
15. 1.513 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 10, 9:19 PM HST · 14933 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
16. 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 10, 6:39 PM HST · 14933 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
17. 2.015 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Nov 10, 1:17 PM HST · 14933 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
18. 2.013 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 10, 10:58 AM HST · 14934 days ago · 28 km deep · 7 km away
19. 2.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 10, 10:40 AM HST · 14934 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
20. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 10, 9:00 AM HST · 14934 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19851735. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:45 AM UTC.