Hawaii earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Mar 4, 1986, 3:00 PM HST (01:00 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.6 16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1986-03-05 01:00:29 UTC
Depth
7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.333° N, 155.177° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
86°
Stations used
28

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 195 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.616 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14802 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14802 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 1.916 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14802 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 1.816 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14802 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14802 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  6. 2.33 km NW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14801 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 1.816 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14801 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 1.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14801 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 2.014 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14801 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 2.29 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14801 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
  11. 2.416 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14801 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 1.814 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14801 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  13. 2.214 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14801 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 1.611 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14801 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 2.314 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14801 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 1.86 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14800 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  17. 1.69 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14800 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 2.618 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14798 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 1.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14798 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  20. 1.627 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14796 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  21. 2.79 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14796 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  22. 2.610 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14796 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  23. 2.49 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14796 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  24. 1.615 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14795 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  25. 1.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14794 days ago · 44 km deep · 24 km away
  26. 1.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14794 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  27. 1.615 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14794 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  28. 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14794 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  29. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14793 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  30. 1.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14793 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  31. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14793 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  32. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14792 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  33. 2.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14792 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  34. 1.814 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14792 days ago · 0 km deep · 14 km away
  35. 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14792 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  36. 2.021 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14791 days ago · 31 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 1.732 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14791 days ago · 17 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 1.824 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14791 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  39. 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14791 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
  40. 1.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14791 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  41. 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14789 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  42. 2.815 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14789 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  43. 1.716 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14789 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  44. 2.313 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14789 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  45. 2.218 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14789 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
  46. 1.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14789 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  47. 2.914 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14789 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  48. 1.711 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14788 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
  49. 1.914 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14788 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  50. 1.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14788 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  51. 2.117 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14787 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  52. 2.220 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14787 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  53. 2.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14787 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  54. 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14787 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  55. 2.114 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14787 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  56. 1.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14787 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  57. 1.616 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14787 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  58. 3.716 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14786 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  59. 2.314 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14786 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  60. 1.712 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14786 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away

The first 60 of 195.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv210279. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:04 PM UTC.