M1.7 earthquake 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Fri, May 2, 1986, 3:37 PM HST (01:37 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.7 17 km WNW 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
- 1986-05-03 01:37:02 UTC
- Depth
- 6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.309° N, 155.221° 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, 0.8 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 20
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
- 1.717 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14745 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.117 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14745 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14745 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14744 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.421 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14744 days ago · 44 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.94 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14744 days ago · 47 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.617 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14743 days ago · 12 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.620 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14743 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.710 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14743 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.817 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14742 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.026 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14742 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14742 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.44 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14742 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14741 days ago · 39 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.923 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14741 days ago · 21 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.121 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14741 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.94 km ENE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14740 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.76 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14739 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.124 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14739 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.818 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14739 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.519 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14739 days ago · 46 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14739 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14738 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.417 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14738 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.010 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14738 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14737 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14737 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.68 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14737 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.95 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.512 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.315 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 51 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.015 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.214 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.19 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14735 days ago · 26 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.19 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14734 days ago · 28 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.254 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14734 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.116 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14733 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.223 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14733 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14733 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14732 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.614 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14732 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14732 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.522 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14732 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.012 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14732 days ago · 51 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.84 km NNE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14731 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.620 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14731 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.517 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14731 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.714 km ESE of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 14730 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14730 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14729 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14729 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.91 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14729 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.97 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14729 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.014 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14729 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.95 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14729 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.95 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14728 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.812 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14728 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.99 km NNE of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14727 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
The first 60 of 198.
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