M1.6 earthquake 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Jan 28, 1986, 1:54 AM HST (11:54 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 14 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
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-01-28 11:54:08 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.328° N, 155.185° 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, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 92°
- Stations used
- 37
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 170 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.019 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14857 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.45 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14857 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.317 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14857 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.011 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14857 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.07 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14857 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.76 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14857 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.521 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14856 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.735 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14856 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.818 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14856 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.412 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14856 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.620 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14856 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.514 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14855 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.69 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14855 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14855 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14855 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14855 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14855 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.016 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14855 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14855 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.911 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14855 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.08 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14855 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.011 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14855 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14855 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14854 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.914 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14854 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.721 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14854 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.323 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14854 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14853 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.216 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14853 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.011 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14853 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.913 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14853 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.310 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14852 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.516 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14852 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.325 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14852 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.619 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14852 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.712 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14852 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14851 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.514 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14851 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.516 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14851 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.16 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14851 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.422 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14851 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.818 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14851 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.114 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14851 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.05 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14851 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.33 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 14851 days ago · 19 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.613 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14851 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14851 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.23 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14851 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.416 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14851 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.522 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14851 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14851 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.15 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14850 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.18 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14850 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14850 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.16 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14850 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.13 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14850 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14850 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.910 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14850 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.311 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14850 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.98 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14850 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14858 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.824 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14858 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14858 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.813 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14858 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.118 km E of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 14858 days ago · 21 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14858 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.715 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14858 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.89 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14859 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.842 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14859 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.55 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14859 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.115 km SSW of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 14859 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.29 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14859 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.516 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14860 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.92 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 14860 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.112 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14860 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.02 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14860 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14860 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.819 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14861 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.621 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14861 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14861 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv207846. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:28 PM UTC.