M2.3 earthquake 24 km W of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 24 km W of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Nov 1, 1986, 12:53 PM HST (22:53 UTC), 8 km (5 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
- 2.3 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-11-01 22:53:51 UTC
- Depth
- 7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.461° N, 155.470° 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, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- Stations used
- 45
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 131 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.06 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14577 days ago · 28 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.412 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14577 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.220 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14576 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.82 km NNW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14576 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14576 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.817 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14576 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.817 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14576 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14576 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.116 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14576 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14576 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.342 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14576 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.653 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14576 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14575 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.02 km ESE of Honalo, Hawaii · 14575 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14575 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14575 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.814 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14575 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.912 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14575 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.11 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14575 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.916 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14574 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.720 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14574 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.815 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14573 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.816 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14573 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.624 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14573 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.413 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14573 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14573 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.014 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14572 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.816 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14572 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14572 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.111 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14572 days ago · 32 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.118 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14572 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.648 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14572 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.613 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14571 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14571 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.613 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14571 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.77 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14570 days ago · 31 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.516 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14570 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.417 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14570 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.422 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14570 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.29 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14570 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.419 km W of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 14569 days ago · 35 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.822 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14569 days ago · 22 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.521 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14568 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14568 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.412 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14568 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.110 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14567 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14567 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.017 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14567 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.024 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14566 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.911 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14566 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.212 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14566 days ago · 45 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.113 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14566 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.522 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.910 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.611 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.09 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14564 days ago · 29 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.520 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14564 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.011 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14563 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.715 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14563 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.720 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14563 days ago · 42 km deep · 42 km away
The first 60 of 197.
Before
- 2.323 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14578 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.913 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14578 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14578 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.47 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14578 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14578 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.615 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 14578 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.518 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14578 days ago · 33 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14579 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.418 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14579 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.19 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14579 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.325 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14580 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.024 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14580 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.825 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14580 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.711 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14580 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.716 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14580 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.55 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14581 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.06 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14581 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.02 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14581 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14581 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.73 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14581 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
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