M2.7 earthquake 15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Sat, Jul 12, 1986, 5:25 PM HST

UTC

1986-07-13 03:25:31 UTC

Depth

8.6 km (5.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.307° N, 155.218° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.12

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

92°

Stations used

42

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast15 kmS
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast41 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast354 kmSE

After

1. 2.05 km E of Captain Cook, HawaiiSat, Jul 12, 8:54 PM HST · 14691 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
2. 1.93 km WSW of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jul 12, 9:16 PM HST · 14691 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
3. 1.925 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jul 13, 12:58 AM HST · 14691 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
4. 2.32 km ESE of Kealakekua, HawaiiSun, Jul 13, 1:25 AM HST · 14690 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
5. 2.716 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiSun, Jul 13, 7:56 AM HST · 14690 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
6. 1.514 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jul 13, 10:52 AM HST · 14690 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
7. 1.513 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jul 13, 2:27 PM HST · 14690 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
8. 1.62 km ESE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jul 13, 9:48 PM HST · 14690 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
9. 2.014 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiMon, Jul 14, 10:05 AM HST · 14689 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
10. 1.711 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 14, 10:47 AM HST · 14689 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
11. 1.79 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jul 14, 8:44 PM HST · 14689 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
12. 1.910 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 15, 2:38 AM HST · 14688 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
13. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 15, 6:39 AM HST · 14688 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
14. 2.111 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jul 15, 11:59 AM HST · 14688 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
15. 2.021 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jul 16, 12:20 PM HST · 14687 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
16. 1.810 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 16, 2:15 PM HST · 14687 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
17. 1.714 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jul 17, 1:36 AM HST · 14686 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
18. 1.516 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 17, 7:18 AM HST · 14686 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
19. 2.36 km SSW of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jul 17, 11:39 AM HST · 14686 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
20. 2.815 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jul 17, 6:06 PM HST · 14686 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
21. 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 18, 12:59 AM HST · 14686 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
22. 2.16 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 18, 10:27 AM HST · 14685 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
23. 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 19, 4:26 AM HST · 14684 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
24. 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 19, 12:21 PM HST · 14684 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
25. 2.03 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Jul 19, 9:31 PM HST · 14684 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
26. 1.916 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jul 19, 10:19 PM HST · 14684 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
27. 2.942 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiSat, Jul 19, 11:51 PM HST · 14684 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
28. 2.744 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Jul 20, 7:40 AM HST · 14683 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
29. 1.98 km NW of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jul 20, 10:05 AM HST · 14683 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
30. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jul 21, 3:36 AM HST · 14682 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
31. 1.915 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jul 21, 11:02 AM HST · 14682 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
32. 2.512 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 21, 5:34 PM HST · 14682 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
33. 3.712 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 21, 6:59 PM HST · 14682 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
34. 1.514 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 21, 7:10 PM HST · 14682 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
35. 2.225 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 21, 8:44 PM HST · 14682 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
36. 2.914 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiTue, Jul 22, 10:16 AM HST · 14681 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
37. 2.613 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jul 22, 9:34 PM HST · 14681 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
38. 1.813 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 23, 6:27 AM HST · 14680 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
39. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 23, 6:36 AM HST · 14680 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
40. 2.515 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Jul 23, 9:31 AM HST · 14680 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
41. 2.416 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, Jul 23, 5:07 PM HST · 14680 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
42. 2.013 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jul 24, 2:31 AM HST · 14679 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
43. 1.513 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 24, 4:20 AM HST · 14679 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
44. 1.618 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jul 24, 6:01 AM HST · 14679 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
45. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 24, 9:55 AM HST · 14679 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
46. 2.214 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 24, 2:16 PM HST · 14679 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
47. 1.712 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jul 24, 2:41 PM HST · 14679 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
48. 1.814 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 24, 10:11 PM HST · 14679 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
49. 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 24, 10:40 PM HST · 14679 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
50. 1.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jul 26, 3:47 AM HST · 14677 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
51. 1.825 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 26, 3:49 AM HST · 14677 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
52. 2.017 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 26, 3:05 PM HST · 14677 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
53. 2.15 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 26, 3:11 PM HST · 14677 days ago · -1 km deep · 10 km away
54. 1.822 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 26, 9:39 PM HST · 14677 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
55. 2.113 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Jul 27, 9:30 AM HST · 14676 days ago · 24 km deep · 65 km away
56. 2.31 km SW of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jul 27, 10:58 AM HST · 14676 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
57. 1.815 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSun, Jul 27, 12:28 PM HST · 14676 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
58. 2.015 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jul 27, 4:43 PM HST · 14676 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
59. 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jul 28, 1:48 AM HST · 14675 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
60. 3.22 km WSW of Honalo, HawaiiMon, Jul 28, 2:45 AM HST · 14675 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away

The first 60 of 196.

Before

1. 1.925 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 12, 5:15 PM HST · 14691 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
2. 1.719 km S of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Jul 12, 4:30 PM HST · 14691 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
3. 2.03 km S of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Jul 12, 2:31 PM HST · 14691 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
4. 2.023 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 12, 9:06 AM HST · 14691 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
5. 1.917 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 12, 8:27 AM HST · 14691 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
6. 1.99 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 12, 7:03 AM HST · 14691 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
7. 2.716 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSat, Jul 12, 2:39 AM HST · 14691 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
8. 1.98 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 11, 9:58 PM HST · 14692 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
9. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiFri, Jul 11, 9:44 PM HST · 14692 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
10. 1.818 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 11, 8:31 PM HST · 14692 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
11. 1.69 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jul 11, 8:08 PM HST · 14692 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
12. 2.78 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 11, 7:37 PM HST · 14692 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
13. 2.016 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 11, 6:42 PM HST · 14692 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
14. 2.025 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 11, 3:41 PM HST · 14692 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
15. 1.910 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 11, 2:55 PM HST · 14692 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
16. 2.111 km SSE of Waimea, HawaiiFri, Jul 11, 2:23 AM HST · 14692 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
17. 1.514 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 10, 11:57 PM HST · 14693 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
18. 1.821 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jul 9, 6:23 PM HST · 14694 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
19. 1.98 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jul 9, 2:59 PM HST · 14694 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
20. 2.70 km NW of Kealakekua, HawaiiWed, Jul 9, 5:48 AM HST · 14694 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv218403. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:42 PM UTC.