M1.8 earthquake 3 km W of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 3 km W of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Nov 17, 1986, 11:06 AM HST (21:06 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 10 km SSW 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
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-11-17 21:06:38 UTC
- Depth
- 10.8 km (6.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.446° N, 155.270° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 208°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 142 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.22 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14562 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.63 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14562 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14562 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.04 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14562 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14562 days ago · 14 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.03 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14562 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14562 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.04 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14562 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.79 km S of Kapaau, Hawaii · 14562 days ago · 32 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.39 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14562 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.64 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14561 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.87 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14561 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.04 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14561 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.310 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14560 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.08 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14560 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14560 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14560 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.911 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14560 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14560 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.18 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14559 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.33 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14559 days ago · 16 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.816 km S of Fern Forest, HI · 14559 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.68 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14559 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.025 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14558 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.817 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14557 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.126 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14557 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.03 km ESE of Hala‘ula, Hawaii · 14557 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.06 km SSW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14556 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.515 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14556 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.09 km N of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14555 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.09 km N of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14555 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.715 km S of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 14555 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.49 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14554 days ago · 43 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.213 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14554 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.910 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14554 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14553 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.023 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14552 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.219 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14552 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.59 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14552 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.516 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14552 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14552 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14552 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.825 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14552 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14552 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.910 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14551 days ago · 32 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.819 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14551 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14551 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.31 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 14551 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.91 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 14551 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.51 km NW of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 14550 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14550 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14550 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.11 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 14550 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.716 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14549 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.650 km S of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14549 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.015 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14549 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14549 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.816 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14549 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.610 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14549 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.214 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14549 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 2.22 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14562 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.22 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14562 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14562 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14562 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.13 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14562 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.06 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14562 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.57 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14562 days ago · 30 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.213 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14563 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.019 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14563 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.418 km NW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 14563 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.84 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14563 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.417 km NNE of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 14563 days ago · 61 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.112 km ESE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14563 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.821 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14563 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14564 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.720 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14564 days ago · 42 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.715 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14564 days ago · 28 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.011 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14564 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.520 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.09 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14565 days ago · 29 km deep · 10 km away
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