M2.1 earthquake 9 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 9 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Oct 30, 1986, 6:34 PM HST (04:34 UTC), 7 km (4 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-10-31 04:34:59 UTC
- Depth
- 6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.425° N, 155.320° 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, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 141°
- Stations used
- 23
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 197 in the 60 days after this one and 124 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.418 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14582 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14582 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.518 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14582 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.615 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 14581 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14581 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.47 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14581 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14581 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.913 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14581 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.323 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14581 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.324 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14581 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.06 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14580 days ago · 28 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.412 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14580 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.220 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14580 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.82 km NNW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14579 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14579 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.817 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14579 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.817 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14579 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14579 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.116 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14579 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14579 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.342 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14579 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.653 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14579 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14578 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.02 km ESE of Honalo, Hawaii · 14578 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14578 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14578 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.814 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14578 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.912 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14578 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.11 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14578 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.916 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14577 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.720 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14577 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.815 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14577 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.816 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14577 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.624 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14577 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.413 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14576 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14576 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.014 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14576 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.816 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14576 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14575 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.111 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14575 days ago · 32 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.118 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14575 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.648 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14575 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.613 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14575 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14575 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.613 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14574 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.77 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14574 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.516 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14573 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.417 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14573 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.422 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14573 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.29 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14573 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.419 km W of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 14573 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.822 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14572 days ago · 22 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.521 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14571 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14571 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.412 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14571 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.110 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14571 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14570 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.017 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14570 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.024 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14570 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.911 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14570 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
The first 60 of 197.
Before
- 2.325 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14583 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.024 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14583 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.825 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14583 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.711 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14584 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.716 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14584 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.55 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14584 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.06 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14584 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.02 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14584 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14584 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.73 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14584 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.37 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14585 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.516 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14585 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.010 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14585 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.518 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14585 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.914 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14585 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.08 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14585 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.94 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14585 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.33 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14586 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.9Hawaii region, Hawaii · 14586 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.216 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14586 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
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