M2.7 earthquake 9 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 9 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Mar 20, 1986, 12:44 AM HST (10:44 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 14 km W of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-03-20 10:44:33 UTC
- Depth
- 5.1 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.408° N, 155.319° 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, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 112°
- Stations used
- 9
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
- 1.646 km W of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14779 days ago · 35 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14779 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.914 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14779 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.110 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14779 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.615 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14779 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.119 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14779 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.619 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14778 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.618 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14778 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.414 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14778 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.713 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14778 days ago · 0 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14778 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.521 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14777 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.017 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14777 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.614 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14777 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14776 days ago · 37 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14776 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.512 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14776 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14776 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.613 km NNE of Kukuihaele, Hawaii · 14775 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.116 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14775 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14775 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14775 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14775 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.813 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14774 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.812 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14774 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.119 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14774 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.112 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14773 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.96 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14773 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.99 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 14773 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.914 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14772 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.119 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14772 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.020 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14771 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.230 km S of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14771 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.414 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14771 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14771 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14771 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.815 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14771 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.34 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14770 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14770 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.527 km W of Wainaku, Hawaii · 14770 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.817 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.217 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.616 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.623 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.317 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.016 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.023 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.125 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 23 km deep · 44 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 · 8 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.814 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14767 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14767 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.025 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14767 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 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 · 23 km away
- 2.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14767 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
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