M1.5 earthquake 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Aug 6, 1986, 5:25 PM HST (03:25 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.0 11 km SSE of Waimea, 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
- 1986-08-07 03:25:01 UTC
- Depth
- 5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.321° N, 155.188° 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
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- 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: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.011 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14631 days ago · 13 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.525 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14630 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.711 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14629 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.817 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14629 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.314 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14629 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.325 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14629 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.67 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14628 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.616 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14628 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.216 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14628 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.915 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14628 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14628 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14628 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14628 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.221 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14628 days ago · 37 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14627 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.325 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14627 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14627 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14627 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.13 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14627 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.017 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14627 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.824 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14626 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.821 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14626 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14625 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.716 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14625 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.03 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14625 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14624 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14624 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.08 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14624 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14624 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.516 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14623 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14623 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14623 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.016 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14623 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.57 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14623 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.267 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14622 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14622 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14622 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14621 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14621 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14621 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.56 km NE of Puako, Hawaii · 14620 days ago · 12 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.97 km E of P?pa‘ikou, Hawaii · 14620 days ago · 41 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.824 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14620 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.515 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14620 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14620 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14620 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.611 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14619 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.024 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14619 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.79 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14619 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14619 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.19 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14619 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.09 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14619 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.69 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14619 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.89 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14619 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.09 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14619 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14619 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.58 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14619 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.28 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14619 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.910 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14618 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.59 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14618 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
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