M1.5 earthquake 16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Jul 17, 1986, 7:18 AM HST (17:18 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 2 km SW of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-07-17 17:18:25 UTC
- Depth
- 2.5 km (1.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.298° N, 155.244° 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, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 23
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
- 2.12 km SW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14663 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.33 km SW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14663 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.817 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14663 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14663 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.312 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14662 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.524 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14662 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.912 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14662 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.710 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14662 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.714 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14662 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.024 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14661 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.915 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14661 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.814 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14661 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.813 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14661 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.76 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14660 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.60 km NNE of Kealakekua, Hawaii · 14660 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14659 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.813 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14659 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.113 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14659 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.623 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14658 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.016 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14658 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.812 km NE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14658 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14658 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.818 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14658 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.27 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14658 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.016 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14658 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.621 km NW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14657 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14657 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.817 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14657 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14657 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.99 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14657 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14656 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.513 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14656 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.116 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14655 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.09 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14655 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.711 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14655 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.915 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14655 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14654 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.810 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14654 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.915 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14654 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.322 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14653 days ago · 48 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.318 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14653 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.62 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14653 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.313 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14653 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14653 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.819 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14653 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14652 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.81 km SW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14652 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14652 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.613 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14652 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.713 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14652 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.715 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 14651 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.35 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14651 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14651 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.05 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14651 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.830 km WSW of Wainaku, Hawaii · 14651 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.626 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14650 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.825 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14650 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.613 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14650 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.322 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14649 days ago · 0 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.69 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14648 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
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