M2.2 earthquake 13 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 13 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Dec 2, 1985, 10:37 PM HST (08:37 UTC), 30 km (18 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
- 2.2 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-12-03 08:37:10 UTC
- Depth
- 29.7 km (18.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.357° N, 155.328° 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, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 197 in the 60 days after this one and 138 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14911 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.616 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14910 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14910 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14910 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.518 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14909 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.927 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14909 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14909 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.99 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14909 days ago · 38 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.011 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14909 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14908 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.824 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14908 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.617 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14908 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14907 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.613 km S of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14907 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.02 km NW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14907 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.613 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14907 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.524 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14906 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.614 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14906 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.811 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14905 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14905 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.127 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14905 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.916 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14905 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.115 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14904 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.912 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14903 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.926 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 14903 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.12 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14903 days ago · 41 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.15 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14903 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.95 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14903 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.515 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14903 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.912 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14902 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14901 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.12 km ESE of Kealakekua, Hawaii · 14901 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.222 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14901 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.113 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14901 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.818 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14901 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.814 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14901 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14901 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.515 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14901 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.820 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14901 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.612 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14901 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.212 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14901 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14900 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14900 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14900 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.712 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14900 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.413 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14899 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.913 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14899 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14899 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.812 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14899 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14898 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.17 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14898 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.021 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14898 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.85 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14898 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.327 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14898 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.826 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14897 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14897 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.224 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14897 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.43 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14897 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.912 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14896 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14896 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
The first 60 of 197.
Before
- 2.113 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14912 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.217 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14912 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14912 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.19 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14913 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.0Hawaii region, Hawaii · 14913 days ago · 40 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.122 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14913 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14915 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.115 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14915 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.722 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14915 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.05 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14915 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14915 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.717 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14915 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.916 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14915 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.024 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14915 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.318 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14916 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.40 km N of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14916 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14916 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.42 km SW of Kealakekua, Hawaii · 14916 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14916 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.728 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14917 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19851850. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 3:51 AM UTC.