M1.9 earthquake 9 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 9 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Jul 12, 1986, 7:03 AM HST (17:03 UTC), 6 km (4 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
- 1.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-07-12 17:03:39 UTC
- Depth
- 5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.410° N, 155.317° 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, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 68°
- Stations used
- 22
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 98 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.917 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14689 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.023 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14689 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.03 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14689 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.719 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14689 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.925 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14689 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14689 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.05 km E of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 14689 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.93 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14689 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.925 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14688 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.32 km ESE of Kealakekua, Hawaii · 14688 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.716 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14688 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.514 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14688 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.513 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14688 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.62 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14687 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.014 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14687 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.711 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14687 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.79 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14687 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.910 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14686 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14686 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.111 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14686 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.021 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14685 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.810 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14685 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.714 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14684 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.516 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14684 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.36 km SSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14684 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14684 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14683 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14683 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14682 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14682 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.03 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14681 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14681 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.942 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14681 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.744 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14681 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.98 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14681 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14680 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.915 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14680 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14680 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14680 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14680 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.225 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14680 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.914 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14679 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.613 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14678 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14678 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14678 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.515 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14678 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.416 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14678 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.013 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14677 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14677 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14677 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14677 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.214 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14677 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.712 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14677 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.814 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14676 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14676 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14675 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.825 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14675 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14675 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.15 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14675 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.822 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14674 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
The first 60 of 196.
Before
- 2.716 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14689 days ago · 30 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.98 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14689 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14689 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.818 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14690 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.69 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14690 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.78 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14690 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14690 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.025 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14690 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.910 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14690 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.111 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14690 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14690 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.821 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14692 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.98 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14692 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.70 km NW of Kealakekua, Hawaii · 14692 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.50 km NNW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 14692 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.31 km WNW of Kealakekua, Hawaii · 14692 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14693 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.84 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14693 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.95 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14693 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.85 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14694 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv218367. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:56 PM UTC.