M1.6 earthquake 12 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 12 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii on Mon, May 5, 1986, 6:17 PM HST (04:17 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.7 10 km WNW 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-05-06 04:17:32 UTC
- Depth
- 7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.381° N, 155.054° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.710 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14742 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.817 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14742 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.026 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14742 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14742 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.44 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14742 days ago · 16 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14741 days ago · 39 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.923 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14741 days ago · 21 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.121 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14741 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.94 km ENE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14740 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.76 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14739 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.124 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14739 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.818 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14739 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.519 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14739 days ago · 46 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14739 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14738 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.417 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14738 days ago · 12 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.010 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14738 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14737 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14737 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.68 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14736 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.95 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.512 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.315 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 51 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.015 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.214 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.19 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 26 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.19 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14734 days ago · 28 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.254 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14733 days ago · 15 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.116 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14733 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.223 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14733 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14732 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14732 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.614 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14732 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14732 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.522 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14732 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.012 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14732 days ago · 51 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.84 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14731 days ago · 22 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.620 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14731 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.517 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14731 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.714 km ESE of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 14730 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14730 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14729 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14729 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.91 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14729 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.97 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14729 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.014 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14729 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.95 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14729 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.95 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14728 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.812 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14727 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.99 km NNE of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14727 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14727 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.826 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14727 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14727 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.821 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14726 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.011 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14726 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14726 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.113 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14726 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14726 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Earthquakes todayHawaii earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv213638. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:56 AM UTC.