M1.9 earthquake 7 km W of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 7 km W of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, May 25, 1986, 6:15 PM HST (04:15 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 14 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-05-26 04:15:28 UTC
- Depth
- 6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.433° N, 155.308° 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, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 153°
- Stations used
- 17
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
- 2.214 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14720 days ago · 25 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.512 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14720 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.614 km ENE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 14720 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14720 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.02 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14720 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14719 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.716 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14719 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.923 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14719 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.424 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14719 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.47 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14719 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.117 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14719 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14719 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.619 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14719 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.919 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14718 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14718 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.113 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14718 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.310 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14717 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14717 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.213 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14717 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.114 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14717 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14717 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.81 km NNW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14716 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.07 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14716 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.916 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14716 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.024 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14716 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14716 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.317 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14715 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.716 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14715 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.111 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14715 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.616 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14715 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.616 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14715 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.011 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14715 days ago · 28 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.4Hawaii region, Hawaii · 14715 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14714 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.817 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14714 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.3Hawaii region, Hawaii · 14714 days ago · 32 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.84 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14714 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14714 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.839 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14713 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.110 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14713 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.818 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14713 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.921 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14713 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.115 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14712 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.915 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14712 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.73 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14712 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.06 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14712 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.017 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14711 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.66 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14711 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.917 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14711 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.011 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14710 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.824 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14710 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.215 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14709 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.710 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14709 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14709 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.09 km E of P?pa‘ikou, Hawaii · 14709 days ago · 39 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.017 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14708 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.125 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14708 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.318 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14708 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.815 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14707 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.928 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14707 days ago · 43 km deep · 21 km away
The first 60 of 198.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv215116. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:58 AM UTC.