M1.8 earthquake 6 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 6 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Fri, Oct 17, 1986, 7:34 PM HST (05:34 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 16 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-10-18 05:34:12 UTC
- Depth
- 1.9 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.395° N, 155.265° 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, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 104°
- Stations used
- 14
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
- 2.516 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14563 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.417 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14563 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.422 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14562 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.29 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14562 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.822 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14561 days ago · 22 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.521 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14561 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14560 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.412 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14560 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.110 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14560 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14560 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.017 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14559 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.024 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14559 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.911 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14559 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.212 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14559 days ago · 45 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.113 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14558 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.522 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14558 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.910 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14557 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.611 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14557 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.09 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14557 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.520 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14557 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
- 4.011 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14556 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.715 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14556 days ago · 28 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.720 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14556 days ago · 42 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14556 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.821 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14555 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.112 km ESE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14555 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.417 km NNE of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 14555 days ago · 61 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.84 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14555 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.019 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14555 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.213 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14555 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.57 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14554 days ago · 30 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.06 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14554 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.13 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14554 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14554 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14554 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.22 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14554 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.22 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14554 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.83 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14554 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.22 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14554 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.63 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14554 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14554 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.04 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14554 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14554 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.03 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14554 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14554 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.04 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14554 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.39 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14554 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.64 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14553 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.87 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14553 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.04 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14553 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.310 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14552 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.08 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14552 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14552 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14552 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.911 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14552 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14552 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.18 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14551 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.33 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14551 days ago · 16 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.816 km S of Fern Forest, HI · 14551 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.68 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14551 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
The first 60 of 198.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv224490. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:44 PM UTC.