M2.0 earthquake 9 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 9 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Fri, Jan 17, 1986, 3:36 AM HST (13:36 UTC), 5 km (3 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-01-17 13:36:24 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.412° N, 155.322° 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
- 97°
- Stations used
- 22
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 164 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.014 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14867 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.611 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14866 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.813 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14866 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14866 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14866 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.816 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14866 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.513 km SE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 14866 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.114 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14866 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.821 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14865 days ago · 44 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.617 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14865 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14865 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.510 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14865 days ago · 30 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.514 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14865 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.622 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14865 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.88 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14865 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.69 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14865 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.023 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14864 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14863 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14863 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14861 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.06 km SW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14861 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.69 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14861 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14861 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14860 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.77 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14860 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14860 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.119 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14860 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.018 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14860 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14859 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14859 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.621 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14859 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.819 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14859 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14859 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.02 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14859 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.112 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14859 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.92 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 14859 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.516 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14858 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.29 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14858 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.115 km SSW of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 14857 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.55 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14857 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.842 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14857 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.89 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14857 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.715 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14857 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14857 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.118 km E of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 14857 days ago · 21 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.813 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14856 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14856 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.824 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14856 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14856 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14856 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.019 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14856 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.45 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14856 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.317 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14856 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.011 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14856 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.07 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14855 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.76 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14855 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.521 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14855 days ago · 28 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.735 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14855 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.818 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14854 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.412 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14854 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 1.85 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14867 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.614 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14868 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.54 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14868 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.619 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14868 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14868 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14868 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.62 km ENE of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 14869 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.414 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14869 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.917 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14869 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14870 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14870 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.814 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 14870 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14871 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.723 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14871 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.619 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14871 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14871 days ago · 22 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.917 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14872 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14872 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.225 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14872 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.725 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14872 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
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