M1.9 earthquake 9 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 9 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Fri, Sep 12, 1986, 5:55 AM HST (15:55 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 2 km WNW of Ainaloa, 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
- 1986-09-12 15:55:59 UTC
- Depth
- 6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.418° N, 155.324° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 109°
- 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
- 2.32 km WNW of Ainaloa, Hawaii · 14605 days ago · 40 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.817 km W of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 14605 days ago · 11 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.813 km WNW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 14605 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.26 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14605 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.915 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14605 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14605 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.311 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14605 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.63 km SSW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 14605 days ago · 25 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14605 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.50 km ESE of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 14604 days ago · 21 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.023 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14604 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.84 km WNW of Waimea, Hawaii · 14604 days ago · 12 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14604 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.327 km WSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 14604 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.822 km WNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 14604 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.02 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14602 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.425 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14601 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.448 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14601 days ago · 49 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14601 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.116 km WSW of Hilo, Hawaii · 14601 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.012 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14601 days ago · 29 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.325 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14601 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.313 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14600 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.925 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14600 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.914 km SE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 14599 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.915 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14599 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14599 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14598 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.948 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14598 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14598 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.613 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14598 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.038 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14598 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.625 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14598 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14597 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.91 km SW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14597 days ago · 32 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.36 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14597 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14597 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.710 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14597 days ago · 0 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.213 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14597 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14597 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.26 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14597 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14597 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.55 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14597 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14597 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.917 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14597 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14596 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14596 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.414 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14596 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.313 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14596 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14595 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.816 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14594 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14593 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.119 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14593 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.521 km SSE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 14593 days ago · 27 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.021 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14592 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.39 km SSW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14592 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.914 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14592 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.44 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14591 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.615 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14591 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.713 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14590 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
The first 60 of 199.
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