M1.5 earthquake 6 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 6 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Nov 15, 1986, 8:49 PM HST (06:49 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.8 14 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-11-16 06:49:42 UTC
- Depth
- 2.0 km (1.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.392° N, 155.256° 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, 0.4 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.814 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14539 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14539 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.12 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14538 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.114 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14538 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.114 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14538 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14537 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.221 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14537 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.825 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14537 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.95 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14537 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14537 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14536 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14536 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.711 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14536 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.913 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14536 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14536 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.615 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14536 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.711 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14535 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14535 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.917 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14535 days ago · 46 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.921 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14535 days ago · 46 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.919 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14535 days ago · 47 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.921 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14535 days ago · 44 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.92 km SSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14533 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.33 km WSW of Kurtistown, Hawaii · 14533 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.112 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14533 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.213 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14533 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.810 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14533 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.915 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14533 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.711 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14533 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14533 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14533 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.412 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14533 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14533 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14533 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.012 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14533 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.112 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14533 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.415 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14533 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.023 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14532 days ago · -1 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.35 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14532 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.20 km WNW of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 14532 days ago · 19 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.47 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14532 days ago · 35 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.520 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14532 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.010 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14532 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.115 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14532 days ago · 19 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.94 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14532 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.99 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14532 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.318 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14532 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.010 km NW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14532 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.21 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14532 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.08 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 14532 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.314 km S of Kapaau, Hawaii · 14532 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14532 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.310 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14532 days ago · 27 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.911 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14532 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.06 km W of Mountain View, Hawaii · 14532 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.816 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14532 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.14 km SE of Fern Acres, Hawaii · 14532 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.56 km SW of Pepeekeo, Hawaii · 14532 days ago · 30 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14532 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.721 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14531 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
The first 60 of 199.
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