M1.8 earthquake 10 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 10 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii on Fri, Feb 28, 1986, 12:40 PM HST (22:40 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 4 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-02-28 22:40:34 UTC
- Depth
- 4.6 km (2.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.391° N, 154.966° 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, 2.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 171°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 195 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14804 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.14 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14804 days ago · 16 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.816 km W of Wainaku, Hawaii · 14804 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.123 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14804 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14803 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14803 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.716 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14803 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.117 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14803 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.716 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14803 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14803 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.69 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14803 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.116 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14803 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.912 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14803 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14802 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.016 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14802 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.79 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14802 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.79 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14802 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.616 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14802 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14802 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.916 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14802 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.816 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14802 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14802 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.33 km NW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14801 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.816 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14801 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14801 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.014 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14801 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.29 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14800 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.416 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14800 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.814 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14800 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.214 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14800 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.611 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14800 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.314 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14800 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14800 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.69 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14800 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.618 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14797 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14797 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.627 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14796 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.79 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14796 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.610 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14796 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.49 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14796 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.615 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14795 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14794 days ago · 44 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14794 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.615 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14793 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14793 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14793 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14792 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14792 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14792 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14792 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.814 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14792 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14791 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.021 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14791 days ago · 31 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.732 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14791 days ago · 17 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.824 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14791 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14791 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14790 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14789 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.815 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14789 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.716 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14789 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
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