M3.5 earthquake 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

3.5 (ML, local (Richter)), minor

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Thu, Jan 23, 1986, 12:35 PM HST

UTC

1986-01-23 22:35:57 UTC

Depth

8.8 km (5.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.338° N, 155.192° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.01

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

78°

Stations used

49

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast12 kmSSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast37 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast354 kmSE

After

1. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 23, 2:06 PM HST · 14861 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
2. 1.77 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 23, 7:28 PM HST · 14860 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
3. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Jan 23, 8:37 PM HST · 14860 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
4. 2.119 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jan 23, 11:06 PM HST · 14860 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
5. 2.018 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 24, 8:55 AM HST · 14860 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
6. 1.812 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 24, 5:08 PM HST · 14860 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
7. 1.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 24, 8:52 PM HST · 14859 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
8. 2.621 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, Jan 24, 9:43 PM HST · 14859 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
9. 1.819 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jan 24, 10:05 PM HST · 14859 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
10. 1.514 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 25, 3:01 AM HST · 14859 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
11. 2.02 km NNE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 25, 4:50 AM HST · 14859 days ago · 28 km deep · 15 km away
12. 2.112 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 25, 7:41 AM HST · 14859 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
13. 1.92 km S of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jan 25, 10:27 AM HST · 14859 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
14. 1.516 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 25, 10:07 PM HST · 14858 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
15. 2.29 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 26, 6:14 AM HST · 14858 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
16. 2.115 km SSW of Waikoloa, HawaiiSun, Jan 26, 5:16 PM HST · 14858 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away
17. 2.55 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 26, 7:02 PM HST · 14857 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
18. 2.842 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Jan 26, 8:38 PM HST · 14857 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
19. 1.89 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 27, 1:37 AM HST · 14857 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
20. 1.715 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 27, 2:56 AM HST · 14857 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
21. 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 27, 3:14 AM HST · 14857 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
22. 2.118 km E of Kalaoa, HawaiiMon, Jan 27, 5:09 AM HST · 14857 days ago · 21 km deep · 79 km away
23. 3.813 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 27, 1:36 PM HST · 14857 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
24. 2.514 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 27, 1:37 PM HST · 14857 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
25. 1.824 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 27, 6:02 PM HST · 14857 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
26. 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 28, 1:41 AM HST · 14856 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
27. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 28, 1:54 AM HST · 14856 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
28. 2.019 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 28, 3:50 AM HST · 14856 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
29. 2.45 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 28, 5:03 AM HST · 14856 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
30. 2.317 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 28, 12:32 PM HST · 14856 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
31. 2.011 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 28, 1:00 PM HST · 14856 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
32. 2.07 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 28, 8:07 PM HST · 14855 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
33. 1.76 km WSW of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 29, 12:46 AM HST · 14855 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
34. 2.521 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, HawaiiWed, Jan 29, 2:44 AM HST · 14855 days ago · 28 km deep · 59 km away
35. 2.735 km SSE of Waimea, HawaiiWed, Jan 29, 3:16 AM HST · 14855 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
36. 1.818 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 29, 8:46 PM HST · 14854 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
37. 2.412 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 29, 9:39 PM HST · 14854 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
38. 1.620 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 29, 10:55 PM HST · 14854 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
39. 1.514 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jan 30, 2:57 AM HST · 14854 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
40. 1.69 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiThu, Jan 30, 3:28 AM HST · 14854 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
41. 2.714 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 30, 5:10 AM HST · 14854 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
42. 1.715 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 30, 5:18 AM HST · 14854 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
43. 1.715 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 30, 6:06 AM HST · 14854 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
44. 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 30, 6:54 AM HST · 14854 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
45. 2.016 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jan 30, 9:20 AM HST · 14854 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
46. 1.7Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Jan 30, 9:34 AM HST · 14854 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
47. 1.911 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiThu, Jan 30, 11:17 AM HST · 14854 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
48. 2.08 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 30, 4:17 PM HST · 14854 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
49. 2.011 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jan 30, 11:34 PM HST · 14853 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
50. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 31, 1:02 AM HST · 14853 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
51. 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 31, 2:29 AM HST · 14853 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
52. 1.914 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 31, 7:04 PM HST · 14852 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
53. 1.721 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 31, 9:43 PM HST · 14852 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
54. 2.323 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 1, 12:51 AM HST · 14852 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
55. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 1, 4:15 AM HST · 14852 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
56. 2.216 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Feb 1, 7:38 AM HST · 14852 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
57. 2.011 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 1, 7:56 AM HST · 14852 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
58. 1.913 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 1, 3:35 PM HST · 14852 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
59. 2.310 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 2, 11:51 AM HST · 14851 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
60. 1.516 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Feb 2, 8:21 PM HST · 14850 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

1. 1.69 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jan 23, 11:00 AM HST · 14861 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
2. 2.06 km SW of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jan 23, 1:46 AM HST · 14861 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away
3. 1.614 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jan 23, 1:13 AM HST · 14861 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
4. 1.7Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Jan 21, 10:40 AM HST · 14863 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
5. 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 20, 9:07 PM HST · 14863 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
6. 2.023 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 20, 9:25 AM HST · 14864 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
7. 1.69 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 19, 12:02 PM HST · 14865 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
8. 1.88 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 19, 11:42 AM HST · 14865 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
9. 1.622 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jan 19, 9:59 AM HST · 14865 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
10. 1.514 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jan 19, 4:07 AM HST · 14865 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
11. 1.510 km SSE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jan 19, 1:38 AM HST · 14865 days ago · 30 km deep · 38 km away
12. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jan 18, 9:22 PM HST · 14865 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
13. 1.617 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jan 18, 6:17 PM HST · 14866 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
14. 1.821 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jan 18, 3:28 PM HST · 14866 days ago · 44 km deep · 15 km away
15. 2.114 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Jan 18, 11:38 AM HST · 14866 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
16. 1.513 km SE of Eden Roc, HawaiiSat, Jan 18, 3:42 AM HST · 14866 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
17. 1.816 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 17, 8:37 PM HST · 14866 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
18. 1.612 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 17, 8:19 PM HST · 14866 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
19. 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 17, 6:26 PM HST · 14867 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
20. 2.813 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 17, 1:52 PM HST · 14867 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv207428. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:12 PM UTC.