M1.5 earthquake 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.5 (ml), micro

Local time

Fri, Nov 22, 1985, 1:37 PM HST

UTC

1985-11-22 23:37:51 UTC

Depth

7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.405° N, 155.272° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.7 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.01

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

135°

Stations used

13

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast6 kmSW
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast38 kmWSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast343 kmSE

After

1. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 5:41 PM HST · 14921 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
2. 1.66 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 5:56 PM HST · 14921 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
3. 1.83 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 6:59 PM HST · 14921 days ago · 34 km deep · 2 km away
4. 1.99 km WSW of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 8:47 PM HST · 14921 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
5. 1.515 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Nov 23, 8:42 AM HST · 14921 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
6. 2.97 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Nov 23, 8:53 AM HST · 14921 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
7. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 23, 11:24 AM HST · 14921 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
8. 1.914 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Nov 23, 4:10 PM HST · 14920 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
9. 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 23, 7:15 PM HST · 14920 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
10. 1.917 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 24, 12:07 AM HST · 14920 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
11. 2.33 km SE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Nov 24, 3:16 PM HST · 14919 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
12. 2.84 km E of Waikoloa, HawaiiSun, Nov 24, 4:30 PM HST · 14919 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
13. 1.67 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 24, 5:01 PM HST · 14919 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
14. 1.95 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 24, 9:04 PM HST · 14919 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
15. 1.612 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 25, 6:11 AM HST · 14919 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
16. 1.57 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Nov 25, 10:48 AM HST · 14919 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
17. 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Nov 26, 12:04 AM HST · 14918 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
18. 1.87 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 26, 12:53 AM HST · 14918 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
19. 1.97 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 26, 2:01 AM HST · 14918 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
20. 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Nov 26, 2:57 AM HST · 14918 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
21. 1.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Nov 26, 3:14 AM HST · 14918 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
22. 1.77 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 26, 11:02 AM HST · 14918 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
23. 1.613 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 26, 5:32 PM HST · 14917 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
24. 1.618 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Nov 26, 8:58 PM HST · 14917 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
25. 1.820 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Nov 26, 11:52 PM HST · 14917 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
26. 2.728 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Nov 27, 4:43 AM HST · 14917 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
27. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Nov 27, 7:21 AM HST · 14917 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
28. 2.42 km SW of Kealakekua, HawaiiWed, Nov 27, 2:28 PM HST · 14916 days ago · 20 km deep · 71 km away
29. 1.75 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 27, 5:04 PM HST · 14916 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
30. 2.40 km N of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Nov 27, 11:04 PM HST · 14916 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
31. 2.318 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 28, 4:48 AM HST · 14916 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
32. 2.024 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 28, 6:56 AM HST · 14916 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
33. 2.916 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 28, 8:29 AM HST · 14916 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
34. 1.717 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 28, 8:40 AM HST · 14916 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
35. 1.714 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 28, 11:27 AM HST · 14916 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
36. 2.05 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 28, 11:41 AM HST · 14916 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
37. 1.722 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 28, 5:16 PM HST · 14915 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
38. 2.115 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 28, 11:11 PM HST · 14915 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
39. 1.714 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 29, 5:58 AM HST · 14915 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
40. 2.122 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Nov 30, 2:06 PM HST · 14913 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
41. 2.0Hawaii region, HawaiiSat, Nov 30, 5:28 PM HST · 14913 days ago · 40 km deep · 52 km away
42. 2.19 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 1, 4:42 AM HST · 14913 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
43. 1.75 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 1, 12:42 PM HST · 14913 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
44. 2.217 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 1, 7:51 PM HST · 14912 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
45. 2.113 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 2, 2:41 AM HST · 14912 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
46. 2.213 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 2, 10:37 PM HST · 14911 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
47. 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 3, 2:13 AM HST · 14911 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
48. 1.616 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Dec 3, 3:15 PM HST · 14910 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
49. 2.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Dec 3, 11:47 PM HST · 14910 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
50. 1.5Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Dec 4, 12:22 AM HST · 14910 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
51. 2.518 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 4, 11:35 AM HST · 14910 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
52. 1.927 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 4, 2:13 PM HST · 14909 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
53. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 4, 8:13 PM HST · 14909 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
54. 1.99 km E of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Dec 5, 2:26 AM HST · 14909 days ago · 38 km deep · 26 km away
55. 2.011 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 5, 2:37 AM HST · 14909 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
56. 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 5, 8:02 AM HST · 14909 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
57. 1.824 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 5, 9:12 PM HST · 14908 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
58. 1.617 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Dec 6, 2:56 AM HST · 14908 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
59. 1.65 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 6, 4:58 PM HST · 14907 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
60. 1.613 km S of Naalehu, HawaiiFri, Dec 6, 6:29 PM HST · 14907 days ago · 40 km deep · 60 km away

The first 60 of 197.

Before

1. 2.014 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 1:35 PM HST · 14921 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
2. 1.76 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 1:00 PM HST · 14922 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
3. 1.814 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 11:33 AM HST · 14922 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
4. 1.95 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 10:38 AM HST · 14922 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
5. 1.66 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 9:43 AM HST · 14922 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
6. 2.116 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 6:29 AM HST · 14922 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
7. 1.65 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 5:45 AM HST · 14922 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
8. 1.66 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 2:48 AM HST · 14922 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
9. 1.67 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 22, 1:56 AM HST · 14922 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
10. 2.019 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 21, 2:26 PM HST · 14922 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
11. 2.125 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 21, 12:27 PM HST · 14923 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
12. 1.611 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 21, 9:02 AM HST · 14923 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
13. 2.222 km SE of Waikoloa, HawaiiWed, Nov 20, 11:39 PM HST · 14923 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
14. 1.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Nov 20, 9:23 PM HST · 14923 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
15. 2.020 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Nov 20, 7:51 PM HST · 14923 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
16. 1.67 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 20, 6:18 PM HST · 14923 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
17. 1.56 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 20, 6:16 PM HST · 14923 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
18. 1.66 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 20, 6:10 PM HST · 14923 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
19. 1.67 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 20, 2:07 PM HST · 14923 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
20. 1.67 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 20, 10:40 AM HST · 14924 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19851791. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 10:59 AM UTC.