M3.4 earthquake 24 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 24 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Jul 2, 1986, 1:50 PM HST (23:50 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 12 km SSE 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
- 3.4 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-07-02 23:50:29 UTC
- Depth
- 2.8 km (1.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.493° N, 155.459° 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, 1.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 42°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 197 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.925 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14681 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14681 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.05 km E of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 14681 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.93 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14681 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.925 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14681 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.32 km ESE of Kealakekua, Hawaii · 14681 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.716 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14681 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.514 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14680 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.513 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14680 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.62 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14680 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.014 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14680 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.711 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14679 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.79 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14679 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.910 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14679 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14679 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.111 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14678 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.021 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14677 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.810 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14677 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.714 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14677 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.516 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14677 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.36 km SSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14676 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14676 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14676 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14676 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14675 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14674 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.03 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14674 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14674 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.942 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14674 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.744 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14674 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.98 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14674 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.447 km W of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14673 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14673 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.915 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14672 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14672 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14672 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14672 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.225 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14672 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.914 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14672 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.613 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14671 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14671 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14671 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.515 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14671 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.416 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14670 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.013 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14670 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14670 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14670 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14670 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.214 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14669 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.712 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14669 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.814 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14669 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14669 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14668 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.825 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14668 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14667 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.15 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14667 days ago · -1 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.822 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14667 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.113 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14667 days ago · 24 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.31 km SW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14666 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.815 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14666 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
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