M2.0 earthquake 16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Mar 24, 1986, 12:28 PM HST (22:28 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 12 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, 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
- 1986-03-24 22:28:56 UTC
- Depth
- 5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.298° N, 155.222° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 92°
- Stations used
- 26
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
- 2.512 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14776 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14776 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.116 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14775 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14775 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14775 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14775 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.813 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14774 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.812 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14774 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.119 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14774 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.112 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14773 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.96 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14773 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.99 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 14773 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.914 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14773 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.119 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14772 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.020 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14772 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.230 km S of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14771 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.414 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14771 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14771 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14771 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.815 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14771 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.34 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14771 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14770 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.527 km W of Wainaku, Hawaii · 14770 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.817 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.217 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.616 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.623 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.317 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.016 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.023 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.125 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 23 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.66 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.512 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 27 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.814 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.025 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14767 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.65 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14767 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.310 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14767 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14767 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14767 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14767 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.812 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14767 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.123 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14766 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.214 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14766 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.216 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14766 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.19 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14766 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.011 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14765 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.95 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14765 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14765 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14764 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.16 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14764 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.612 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14764 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.915 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14764 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.518 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14763 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.819 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14763 days ago · 11 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14763 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
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