M2.1 earthquake 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Jan 4, 1986, 7:15 AM HST (17:15 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 13 km S 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
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-01-04 17:15:02 UTC
- Depth
- 7.2 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.339° N, 155.193° 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
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 44
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 146 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14879 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14878 days ago · 27 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.313 km NW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 14878 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.817 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14878 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.625 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14878 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.114 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14878 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.615 km SSW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 14878 days ago · 41 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.714 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14877 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.624 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14877 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14877 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14877 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.826 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14877 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.613 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14877 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.018 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14877 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.512 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14877 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.59 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14877 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.69 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14877 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.97 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14877 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.626 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14877 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.119 km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 14876 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14876 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.816 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14876 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.525 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14876 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.912 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14875 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.53 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14875 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.816 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14875 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.914 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14875 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.816 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14875 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.110 km ENE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14874 days ago · 27 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.612 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14874 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.626 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14874 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.615 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14873 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.615 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14873 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.926 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14873 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.610 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14873 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.619 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14873 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.812 km NE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14873 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.814 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14872 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.914 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14872 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.518 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14872 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.613 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14872 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.924 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14872 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.76 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14872 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.724 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14871 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.218 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14871 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.010 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14871 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.815 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14871 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.725 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14871 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.225 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14871 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14871 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.917 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14871 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14871 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.619 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14870 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.723 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14870 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14870 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.814 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 14870 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14869 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14869 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.917 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14869 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.414 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14868 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
The first 60 of 197.
Before
- 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14879 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.82 km NW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14879 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.66 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14880 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14880 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.16 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14880 days ago · 37 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.923 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14880 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.323 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14880 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.424 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14880 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.59 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14880 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.011 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14881 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.910 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14881 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.99 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14881 days ago · -1 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.89 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14881 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.18 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14881 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.122 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14881 days ago · -1 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.628 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14881 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.79 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14881 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.05 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14881 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.025 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14882 days ago · -4 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14882 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv206384. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:47 PM UTC.