M2.0 earthquake 8 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 8 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Jan 30, 1986, 4:17 PM HST (02:17 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 12 km SSE 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-01-31 02:17:59 UTC
- Depth
- 6.2 km (3.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.426° N, 155.313° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 144°
- Stations used
- 21
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14833 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.813 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14833 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.67 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14833 days ago · 22 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.85 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14832 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.826 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14832 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.03 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 14832 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.125 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14832 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.816 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14832 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.716 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14831 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.612 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14831 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14831 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.89 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14831 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14830 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.68 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14830 days ago · 38 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14830 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14830 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.09 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14830 days ago · -1 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.610 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14830 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.320 km SSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 14830 days ago · 37 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.719 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14829 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.815 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14829 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.026 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14829 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.312 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14829 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14829 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.126 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14828 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.09 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14828 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.55 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14828 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14828 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.515 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14828 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14828 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.611 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14827 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.716 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14826 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.110 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14825 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.614 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 14825 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.620 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14825 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.215 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14825 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.615 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14824 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.79 km N of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14824 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.715 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14824 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.018 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14823 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.318 km WNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 14823 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.717 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14823 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.514 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14823 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.35 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14823 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14821 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.06 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14821 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.96 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14821 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14821 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.17 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14820 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.315 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14820 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14820 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.117 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14820 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.924 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14820 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14820 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14819 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.322 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 14818 days ago · 37 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.813 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14818 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.84 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14818 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14818 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.222 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14817 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv208057. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:43 PM UTC.