M1.5 earthquake 15 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 15 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Mar 8, 1986, 6:52 PM HST (04:52 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.0 16 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
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-03-09 04:52:07 UTC
- Depth
- 2.9 km (1.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.315° N, 155.187° 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, 1.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 110°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14792 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.021 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14792 days ago · 31 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.732 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14791 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.824 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14791 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14791 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14791 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14790 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.815 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14789 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.716 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14789 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.313 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14789 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.218 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14789 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14789 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.914 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14789 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.711 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14788 days ago · 0 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.914 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14788 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14788 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.117 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14788 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.220 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14788 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14787 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14787 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.114 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14787 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14787 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14787 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.716 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14786 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.314 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14786 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.712 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14786 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.512 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14786 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.09 km E of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 14786 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.224 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14785 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14785 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14783 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14783 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.826 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14783 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.027 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14783 days ago · -1 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.512 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14782 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14782 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14781 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14781 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14781 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.712 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14781 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.415 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14780 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14780 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14780 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.914 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14780 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.110 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14780 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.615 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14780 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.119 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14779 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.619 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14779 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.618 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14779 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.414 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14779 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.713 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14778 days ago · 0 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14778 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.521 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14778 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.017 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14778 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.614 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14778 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14777 days ago · 37 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14777 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.512 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14777 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14777 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.116 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14776 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv210496. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:26 PM UTC.