M1.6 earthquake 15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Oct 11, 1986, 6:24 AM HST (16:24 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 20 km N of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-10-11 16:24:38 UTC
- Depth
- 5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.303° N, 155.219° 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, 0.9 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 93°
- Stations used
- 26
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
- 2.220 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14569 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.82 km NNW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14569 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14569 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.817 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14569 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.817 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14569 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14568 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.116 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14568 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14568 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.342 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14568 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.653 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14568 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14568 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.02 km ESE of Honalo, Hawaii · 14568 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14567 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14567 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.814 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14567 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.912 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14567 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.11 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14567 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.916 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14566 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.720 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14566 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.815 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14566 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.816 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14566 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.624 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14566 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.413 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.014 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.816 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.111 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 32 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.118 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14564 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.648 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14564 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.613 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14564 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14564 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.613 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14564 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.77 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14563 days ago · 31 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.516 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14563 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.417 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14563 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.422 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14562 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.29 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14562 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.822 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14561 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.521 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14561 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14560 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.412 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14560 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.110 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14560 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14560 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.017 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14559 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.024 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14559 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.911 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14559 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.212 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14559 days ago · 45 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.113 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14558 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.522 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14558 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.910 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14557 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.611 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14557 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.09 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14557 days ago · 29 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.520 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14557 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.011 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14556 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.715 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14556 days ago · 28 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.720 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14556 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14556 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.821 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14555 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.112 km ESE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14555 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
The first 60 of 198.
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