Hawaii earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Fri, Oct 3, 1986, 9:14 AM HST (19:14 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.1 11 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1986-10-03 19:14:09 UTC
Depth
6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.337° N, 155.204° 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, 0.7 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
75°
Stations used
25

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.111 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14583 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 1.626 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14583 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 2.18 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14582 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 2.317 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14582 days ago · 50 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14582 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 2.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14581 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14581 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 1.918 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14581 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.816 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14581 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 2.322 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14581 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14581 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  12. 1.96 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14581 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  13. 2.15 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14581 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  14. 1.75 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14581 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 2.422 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14581 days ago · 18 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 1.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14580 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  17. 1.814 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14580 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  18. 2.212 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14580 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 1.927 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14580 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 1.923 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14580 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  21. 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14579 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  22. 2.28 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14579 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  23. 2.021 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14579 days ago · 21 km deep · 32 km away
  24. 1.614 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14578 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  25. 2.39 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14578 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  26. 1.610 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14578 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  27. 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14577 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
  28. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14577 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  29. 1.718 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14577 days ago · 26 km deep · 9 km away
  30. 1.515 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14576 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  31. 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14576 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  32. 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14576 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  33. 2.917 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14575 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  34. 2.216 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14575 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  35. 2.33 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14575 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  36. 1.94 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14574 days ago · 14 km deep · 10 km away
  37. 2.08 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14574 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  38. 1.914 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14574 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  39. 1.518 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14574 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  40. 2.010 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14574 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
  41. 1.516 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14574 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  42. 2.37 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14573 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
  43. 1.73 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14573 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  44. 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14573 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  45. 2.02 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14573 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  46. 2.06 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14573 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  47. 2.55 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14573 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
  48. 1.716 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14573 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  49. 1.711 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14572 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  50. 1.825 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14572 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  51. 2.024 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14572 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  52. 2.325 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14572 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  53. 2.19 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14571 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  54. 2.418 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14571 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  55. 1.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14571 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  56. 2.518 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14570 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
  57. 1.615 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 14570 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  58. 1.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14570 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  59. 2.47 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14570 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  60. 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14570 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away

The first 60 of 198.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv223541. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:11 AM UTC.