Hawaii earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Apr 26, 1986, 2:25 AM HST (12:25 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.2 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1986-04-26 12:25:54 UTC
Depth
8.4 km (5.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.297° N, 155.227° 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
±0.01
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
142°
Stations used
41

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.814 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14747 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.214 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14747 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 1.819 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14747 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  4. 1.69 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14747 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 2.36 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14746 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 2.619 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14746 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 1.85 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14746 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14746 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 1.925 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14746 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 2.717 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14746 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 1.95 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14746 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 2.018 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14745 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  13. 1.717 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14745 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 2.117 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14745 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14745 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 1.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14744 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 2.421 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14744 days ago · 44 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 1.94 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14743 days ago · 47 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 2.617 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14743 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 2.620 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14743 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  21. 1.710 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14742 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 1.817 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14742 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  23. 2.026 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14742 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  24. 1.512 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14742 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  25. 3.44 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14742 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
  26. 1.94 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14741 days ago · 39 km deep · 33 km away
  27. 1.923 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14741 days ago · 21 km deep · 70 km away
  28. 2.121 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14741 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  29. 1.94 km ENE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14740 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
  30. 1.76 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14739 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
  31. 2.124 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14739 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  32. 1.818 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14739 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  33. 2.519 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14739 days ago · 46 km deep · 37 km away
  34. 1.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14739 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  35. 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14738 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  36. 2.417 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14738 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
  37. 2.010 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14738 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  38. 1.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14737 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  39. 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14737 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  40. 1.68 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14736 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  41. 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  42. 1.95 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
  43. 1.512 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  44. 2.315 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 51 km deep · 23 km away
  45. 2.015 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  46. 1.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  47. 2.214 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  48. 2.19 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  49. 3.19 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14734 days ago · 28 km deep · 13 km away
  50. 2.254 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14733 days ago · 15 km deep · 59 km away
  51. 2.116 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14733 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  52. 2.223 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14733 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  53. 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14732 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
  54. 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14732 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  55. 1.614 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14732 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  56. 2.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14732 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  57. 1.522 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14732 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  58. 2.012 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14732 days ago · 51 km deep · 16 km away
  59. 2.84 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14731 days ago · 22 km deep · 68 km away
  60. 1.620 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14731 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away

The first 60 of 198.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv213012. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:13 AM UTC.