M1.7 earthquake 15 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 15 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Fri, Sep 19, 1986, 5:52 AM HST (15:52 UTC), 29 km (18 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 13 km W 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
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-09-19 15:52:02 UTC
- Depth
- 28.6 km (17.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.324° N, 155.312° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- Stations used
- 38
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
- 2.213 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14597 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14597 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.26 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14597 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14597 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.55 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14597 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14597 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.917 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14597 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14596 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14596 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.414 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14596 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.313 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14596 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14595 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.816 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14594 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14593 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.119 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14593 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.521 km SSE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 14593 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.021 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14592 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.39 km SSW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14592 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.914 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14592 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 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 · 10 km away
- 1.713 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14590 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14590 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14590 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14589 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.69 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14589 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14588 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.441 km W of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14588 days ago · 27 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.96 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14588 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.817 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14588 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.313 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14587 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14587 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14587 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.88 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14587 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.126 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14587 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14587 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.08 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14587 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.025 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14586 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.022 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14586 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.28 km NE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14586 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.716 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14586 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.615 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14586 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.318 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14586 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.013 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14586 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.214 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14585 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14585 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.610 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14585 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14584 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14584 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.233 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14583 days ago · 22 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14583 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.93 km SSW of Hilo, Hawaii · 14583 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.111 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14583 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.626 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14583 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.18 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14582 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.317 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14582 days ago · 50 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14582 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14581 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14581 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.918 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14581 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
The first 60 of 199.
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