M2.6 earthquake 24 km W of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 24 km W of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Nov 5, 1986, 2:50 PM HST (00:50 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
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-11-06 00:50:28 UTC
- Depth
- 7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.476° N, 155.467° 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, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.16
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 54°
- Stations used
- 41
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 130 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.413 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14576 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14576 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.014 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14576 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.816 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14576 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14575 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.111 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14575 days ago · 32 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.118 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14575 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.648 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14575 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.613 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14575 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14575 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.613 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14574 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.77 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14573 days ago · 31 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.516 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14573 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.417 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14573 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.422 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14573 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.29 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14573 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.419 km W of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 14572 days ago · 35 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.822 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14572 days ago · 22 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.521 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14571 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14571 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.412 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14571 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.110 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14570 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14570 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.017 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14570 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.024 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14570 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.911 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14570 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.212 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14569 days ago · 45 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.113 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14569 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.522 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14568 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.910 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14568 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.611 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14568 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.09 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14568 days ago · 29 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.520 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14567 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.011 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14567 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.715 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14567 days ago · 28 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.720 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14566 days ago · 42 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14566 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.821 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14566 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.112 km ESE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14566 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.417 km NNE of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 14566 days ago · 61 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.84 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14566 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.418 km NW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 14566 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.019 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.213 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.57 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 30 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.06 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.13 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.22 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 15 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.22 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.83 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.22 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.63 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.04 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.03 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14564 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.04 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14564 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 1.816 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14577 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.815 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14577 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.720 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14577 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.916 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14577 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.11 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14578 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.912 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14578 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.814 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14578 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14578 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14578 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.02 km ESE of Honalo, Hawaii · 14578 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14578 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.653 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14579 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.342 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14579 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14579 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.116 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14579 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14579 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.817 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14579 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.817 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14579 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14579 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.82 km NNW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14579 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv225908. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:42 AM UTC.