M1.9 earthquake 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Oct 4, 1986, 10:47 PM HST (08:47 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 11 km S 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-10-05 08:47:09 UTC
- Depth
- 0.2 km (0.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.402° N, 155.264° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 129°
- Stations used
- 12
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 177 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.710 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14606 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.213 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14606 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14606 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.26 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14606 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14606 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.55 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14606 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14606 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.917 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14606 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14606 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14606 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.414 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14605 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.313 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14605 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14604 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.816 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14604 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14603 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.119 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14602 days ago · 0 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.521 km SSE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 14602 days ago · 27 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.021 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14602 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.39 km SSW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14601 days ago · 13 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.914 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14601 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.44 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14600 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.615 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14600 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.713 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14600 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14599 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14599 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14598 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.69 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14598 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14598 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.96 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14597 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.817 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14597 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.313 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14597 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14597 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14597 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.88 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14596 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.126 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14596 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14596 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.08 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14596 days ago · 12 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.025 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14596 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.022 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14596 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.28 km NE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14596 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.716 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14596 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.615 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14595 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.318 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14595 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.013 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14595 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.214 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14594 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14594 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.610 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14594 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14594 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.86 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14594 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.233 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14593 days ago · 22 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14592 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.93 km SSW of Hilo, Hawaii · 14592 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.111 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14592 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.626 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14592 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.18 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14592 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.317 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14592 days ago · 50 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14591 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14591 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14591 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.918 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14590 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
The first 60 of 199.
Before
- 2.36 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14606 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.91 km SW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14607 days ago · 32 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14607 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.625 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14607 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.038 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14607 days ago · 15 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.613 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14607 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14607 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.948 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14607 days ago · 14 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14608 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14608 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.915 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14609 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.914 km SE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 14609 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.925 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14609 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.313 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14610 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.325 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14610 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.012 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14610 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.116 km WSW of Hilo, Hawaii · 14610 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14611 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.448 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14611 days ago · 49 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.425 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14611 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
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