M1.8 earthquake 24 km N of P?hala, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 24 km N of P?hala, Hawaii on Tue, Mar 25, 1986, 6:17 AM HST (16:17 UTC), 5 km (3 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-03-25 16:17:53 UTC
- Depth
- 5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.424° N, 155.504° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 29
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 123 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14803 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14803 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14802 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.815 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14801 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.716 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14801 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.313 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14801 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.218 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14801 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14801 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.914 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14801 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.711 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14800 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.914 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14800 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14800 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.117 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14800 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.220 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14800 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14799 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14799 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.114 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14799 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14799 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14799 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.031 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 14798 days ago · 32 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.716 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14798 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.314 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14798 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.712 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14798 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.512 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14798 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.09 km E of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 14798 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.943 km W of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14798 days ago · 14 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.224 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14797 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14797 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14795 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14795 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.826 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14795 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.027 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14795 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.512 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14794 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.656 km W of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14794 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14794 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14793 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14793 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14793 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.712 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14793 days ago · 27 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.415 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14792 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14792 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.646 km W of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14792 days ago · 35 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14792 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.914 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14792 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.110 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14792 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.615 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14792 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.119 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14791 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.619 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14791 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.618 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14791 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.414 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14791 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.450 km W of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14791 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.713 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14791 days ago · 0 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14791 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.521 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14790 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.017 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14790 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.614 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14790 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14789 days ago · 37 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14789 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.512 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14789 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14789 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
The first 60 of 195.
Before
- 1.732 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14803 days ago · 17 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.021 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14804 days ago · 31 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14804 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.814 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14804 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14804 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14805 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14805 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14805 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14806 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14806 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.615 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14806 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14806 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14807 days ago · 44 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.615 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14807 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.317 km NW of Kalaoa, HI · 14808 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.49 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14809 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.610 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14809 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.79 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14809 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.627 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14809 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14810 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
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