M1.7 earthquake 6 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 6 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Apr 14, 1986, 12:28 AM HST (10:28 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 16 km SSW 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-04-14 10:28:24 UTC
- Depth
- 2.1 km (1.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.392° N, 155.267° 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, 0.4 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 92°
- Stations used
- 10
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 106 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14780 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.815 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14780 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.34 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14780 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14779 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.527 km W of Wainaku, Hawaii · 14779 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.817 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14778 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.217 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14778 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.616 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14778 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14778 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.623 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14778 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14778 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.317 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14778 days ago · 31 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.016 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14778 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.023 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14777 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.125 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14777 days ago · 23 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.66 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14777 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.512 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14777 days ago · 27 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14777 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14777 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.814 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14777 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14776 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.025 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14776 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.65 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14776 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.310 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14776 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14776 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14776 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14776 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.812 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14776 days ago · 30 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.123 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14775 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.214 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14775 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.216 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14774 days ago · 30 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.19 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14774 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.011 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14774 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.95 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14774 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14773 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14773 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.16 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14773 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.612 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14773 days ago · 27 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.915 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14773 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.518 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14772 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.819 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14772 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14772 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.224 km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 14772 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.53 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14772 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.224 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14771 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.316 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14771 days ago · 31 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.516 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14771 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.216 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14771 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.215 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14771 days ago · 29 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.111 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14771 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.419 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14770 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.97 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14770 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.117 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.39 km NW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.615 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.116 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.36 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14767 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.013 km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 14767 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
The first 60 of 196.
Before
- 2.414 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14780 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.230 km S of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14780 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.020 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14780 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.119 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14781 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.914 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14782 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.99 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 14782 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.96 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14782 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.112 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14782 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.119 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14783 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.812 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14783 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.813 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14783 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14784 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14784 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14784 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.116 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14784 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.613 km NNE of Kukuihaele, Hawaii · 14784 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14785 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.512 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14785 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14785 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14785 days ago · 37 km deep · 34 km away
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