M1.7 earthquake 12 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 12 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Mar 30, 1986, 11:37 AM HST (21:37 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 17 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
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-03-30 21:37:05 UTC
- Depth
- 7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.327° N, 155.250° 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, 0.5 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 86°
- Stations used
- 23
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
- 2.217 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.616 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.623 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.317 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 31 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.016 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.023 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.125 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 23 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.66 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.512 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.814 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.025 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14767 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.65 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14767 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.310 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14767 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14767 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14767 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14767 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.812 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14767 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.123 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14766 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.214 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14766 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.216 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14766 days ago · 30 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.19 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14765 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.011 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14765 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.95 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14765 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14765 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14764 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.16 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14764 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.612 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14764 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.915 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14764 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.518 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14763 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.819 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14763 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14763 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.224 km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 14763 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.53 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14763 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.224 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14762 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.316 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14762 days ago · 31 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.516 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14762 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.216 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14762 days ago · 28 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.215 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14762 days ago · 29 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.111 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14762 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.419 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14761 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.97 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14761 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.117 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14760 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14760 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.39 km NW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 14759 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.615 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14759 days ago · 31 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.116 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14759 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14759 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.36 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14758 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.013 km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 14758 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.615 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14758 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.76 km WSW of Puako, Hawaii · 14758 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14758 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.015 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14758 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14757 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.021 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14757 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
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