M2.3 earthquake 16 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 16 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii on Fri, Feb 28, 1986, 6:56 PM HST (04:56 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 14 km W of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-03-01 04:56:38 UTC
- Depth
- 8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.320° N, 155.119° 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, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 113°
- Stations used
- 42
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 174 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14824 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14824 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.510 km SW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 14823 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.013 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14823 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.37 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14823 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.216 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14822 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.415 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14822 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14821 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14821 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.919 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14821 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14821 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14820 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.826 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14820 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14820 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.825 km WSW of Wainaku, Hawaii · 14820 days ago · 18 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14819 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.311 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14819 days ago · 47 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.58 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14819 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.714 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14819 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.416 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14819 days ago · 29 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.86 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14818 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.63 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14818 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.68 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14818 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.823 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14818 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.67 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14816 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.025 km W of Volcano, HI · 14816 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14816 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.918 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14816 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.515 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14816 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14816 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.33 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14816 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.318 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14815 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14815 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.82 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 14814 days ago · 34 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.713 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14814 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.113 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14814 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14813 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.219 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14813 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.114 km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 14813 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14813 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14813 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.14 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14813 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.816 km W of Wainaku, Hawaii · 14812 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.123 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14812 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14812 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14812 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.716 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14812 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.117 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14812 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.716 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14812 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14812 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.69 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14812 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.116 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14812 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.912 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14811 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14811 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.016 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14811 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.79 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14811 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.79 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14810 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.616 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14810 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14810 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.916 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14810 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
The first 60 of 197.
Before
- 1.917 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14824 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.619 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14824 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14824 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.810 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14824 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.313 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14824 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14825 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.818 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14825 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.812 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14825 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.111 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14825 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.722 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14825 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.05 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14826 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.05 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14826 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.222 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14826 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14826 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.84 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14826 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.813 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14826 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.322 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 14826 days ago · 37 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14827 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14828 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.924 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14828 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
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