M3.2 earthquake 15 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 15 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Apr 23, 1986, 1:49 AM HST (11:49 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 4 km SW 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
- 3.2 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-04-23 11:49:52 UTC
- Depth
- 29.0 km (18.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.307° N, 155.263° 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, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 47
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.011 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14748 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.87 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14748 days ago · 37 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.917 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14748 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.515 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14748 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14748 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.316 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14748 days ago · 28 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.610 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14748 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.317 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14748 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.717 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14748 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14748 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14747 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.216 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14747 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.517 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14747 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.716 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14747 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.814 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14747 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.214 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14747 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.819 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14747 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.69 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14747 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.36 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14746 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.619 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14746 days ago · 18 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14746 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14746 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.925 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14746 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.717 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14746 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.95 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14746 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.018 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14745 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.717 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14745 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.117 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14745 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14745 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14744 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.421 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14744 days ago · 44 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.94 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14743 days ago · 47 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.617 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14743 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.620 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14743 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.710 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14742 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.817 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14742 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.026 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14742 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14742 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.44 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14742 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14741 days ago · 39 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.923 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14741 days ago · 21 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.121 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14741 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.94 km ENE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14740 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.76 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14739 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.124 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14739 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.818 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14739 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.519 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14739 days ago · 46 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14739 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14738 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.417 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14738 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.010 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14738 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14737 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14737 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.68 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14736 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.26 km NNE of Puako, Hawaii · 14736 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.95 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.512 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.315 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 51 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.015 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv212856. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:11 AM UTC.