M2.3 earthquake 11 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 11 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Feb 4, 1986, 8:58 AM HST (18:58 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 16 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-02-04 18:58:36 UTC
- Depth
- 12.5 km (7.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.384° N, 155.327° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 124°
- Stations used
- 17
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 173 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.98 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14848 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.09 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14848 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.99 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14848 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.910 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14848 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.910 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14848 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.914 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14848 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.511 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 14848 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14848 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.06 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14848 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14847 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.618 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14847 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.514 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14847 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.218 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14847 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.017 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14846 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14846 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.324 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14846 days ago · 22 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.716 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14846 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.85 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14845 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14845 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.611 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14845 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14845 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14845 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.012 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14845 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.76 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14845 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.613 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14844 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.411 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14844 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.911 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14844 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.916 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14844 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.96 km W of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14844 days ago · 26 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.66 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14844 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.16 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14843 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.64 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14843 days ago · -1 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.94 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14843 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.817 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14843 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.815 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14843 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.05 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14843 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.78 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14843 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.716 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14843 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.211 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14842 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.815 km SSW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 14842 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.027 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14842 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.06 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14842 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.810 km NNE of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14842 days ago · 11 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.02 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14842 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.726 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14841 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.53 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14841 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.01 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14841 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14841 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.610 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14841 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14841 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.610 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14841 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.72 km ENE of Kealakekua, Hawaii · 14841 days ago · 15 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14841 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.813 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14841 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.67 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14841 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.85 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14840 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.826 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14840 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.03 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 14840 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.125 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14840 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.816 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14840 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
The first 60 of 199.
Before
- 1.910 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14848 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14848 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.13 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14848 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.16 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14848 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14848 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.18 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14848 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.15 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14848 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14848 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.522 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14848 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.416 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14849 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.23 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14849 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14849 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.613 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14849 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.33 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 14849 days ago · 19 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.05 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14849 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.114 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14849 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.818 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14849 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.422 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14849 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.16 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14849 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.516 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14849 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv208352. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:50 PM UTC.