M1.7 earthquake 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Thu, Nov 27, 1986, 6:36 AM HST

UTC

1986-11-27 16:36:23 UTC

Depth

5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.309° N, 155.229° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

74°

Stations used

28

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast15 kmS
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast41 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast353 kmSE

After

1. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 27, 10:20 AM HST · 14556 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
2. 1.825 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 27, 11:19 AM HST · 14556 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
3. 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Nov 27, 12:56 PM HST · 14556 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
4. 2.910 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 28, 8:53 AM HST · 14555 days ago · 32 km deep · 9 km away
5. 1.819 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 28, 10:05 AM HST · 14555 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
6. 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Nov 28, 3:26 PM HST · 14555 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
7. 2.31 km S of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Nov 28, 3:41 PM HST · 14555 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
8. 1.91 km S of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Nov 28, 6:46 PM HST · 14555 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
9. 2.51 km NW of Waikoloa, HawaiiSat, Nov 29, 2:14 AM HST · 14554 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
10. 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 29, 5:05 AM HST · 14554 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
11. 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Nov 29, 5:50 AM HST · 14554 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
12. 2.11 km S of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Nov 29, 9:54 AM HST · 14554 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
13. 1.716 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 29, 11:13 PM HST · 14553 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
14. 2.650 km S of Naalehu, HawaiiSun, Nov 30, 1:00 AM HST · 14553 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
15. 2.015 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Nov 30, 3:43 AM HST · 14553 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
16. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSun, Nov 30, 4:23 AM HST · 14553 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
17. 1.816 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Nov 30, 7:01 AM HST · 14553 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
18. 2.610 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Nov 30, 9:20 AM HST · 14553 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
19. 2.214 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Nov 30, 7:52 PM HST · 14552 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
20. 1.927 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 1, 10:53 AM HST · 14552 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
21. 1.818 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 1, 1:00 PM HST · 14552 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
22. 1.715 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 1, 1:07 PM HST · 14552 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
23. 1.813 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 2, 2:33 PM HST · 14551 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
24. 1.814 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiTue, Dec 2, 4:27 PM HST · 14551 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
25. 1.65 km SW of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiTue, Dec 2, 7:02 PM HST · 14551 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
26. 2.12 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 3, 12:39 PM HST · 14550 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
27. 2.114 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiWed, Dec 3, 6:04 PM HST · 14550 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
28. 2.114 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiWed, Dec 3, 6:07 PM HST · 14550 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
29. 2.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 4, 12:51 AM HST · 14549 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
30. 2.221 km NNW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 4, 2:42 AM HST · 14549 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
31. 1.825 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Dec 4, 4:01 PM HST · 14549 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
32. 1.95 km W of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Dec 4, 7:57 PM HST · 14548 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
33. 2.5Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Dec 4, 8:35 PM HST · 14548 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
34. 2.16 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 5, 4:46 AM HST · 14548 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
35. 2.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 5, 5:53 AM HST · 14548 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
36. 2.711 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 5, 11:09 AM HST · 14548 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
37. 1.913 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Dec 5, 12:03 PM HST · 14548 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
38. 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Dec 5, 5:25 PM HST · 14548 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
39. 1.615 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 5, 6:08 PM HST · 14548 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
40. 1.711 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 6, 3:43 AM HST · 14547 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
41. 3.616 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 6, 12:10 PM HST · 14547 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
42. 1.917 km E of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Dec 6, 12:23 PM HST · 14547 days ago · 46 km deep · 17 km away
43. 1.921 km E of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Dec 6, 12:26 PM HST · 14547 days ago · 46 km deep · 16 km away
44. 1.919 km E of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Dec 6, 4:33 PM HST · 14547 days ago · 47 km deep · 15 km away
45. 1.921 km E of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Dec 6, 4:37 PM HST · 14547 days ago · 44 km deep · 16 km away
46. 1.92 km SSW of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Dec 8, 12:45 AM HST · 14545 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
47. 2.33 km WSW of Kurtistown, HawaiiMon, Dec 8, 1:49 AM HST · 14545 days ago · 25 km deep · 35 km away
48. 2.112 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 8, 3:41 AM HST · 14545 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
49. 2.213 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 8, 3:44 AM HST · 14545 days ago · 0 km deep · 21 km away
50. 1.810 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 8, 3:55 AM HST · 14545 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
51. 1.915 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 8, 5:44 AM HST · 14545 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
52. 1.711 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 8, 6:10 AM HST · 14545 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
53. 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 8, 6:26 AM HST · 14545 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
54. 2.4Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Dec 8, 6:57 AM HST · 14545 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
55. 2.412 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 8, 7:05 AM HST · 14545 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
56. 3.114 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 8, 7:07 AM HST · 14545 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
57. 2.014 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 8, 7:35 AM HST · 14545 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
58. 2.012 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 8, 12:02 PM HST · 14545 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
59. 2.112 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 8, 12:03 PM HST · 14545 days ago · 0 km deep · 20 km away
60. 2.415 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 8, 4:37 PM HST · 14545 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

1. 1.516 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 27, 2:27 AM HST · 14556 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
2. 1.59 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 27, 12:02 AM HST · 14556 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
3. 2.219 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 27, 12:01 AM HST · 14556 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
4. 2.023 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 26, 10:18 PM HST · 14556 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
5. 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 26, 8:48 PM HST · 14556 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
6. 1.910 km NW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 25, 7:14 PM HST · 14558 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
7. 2.213 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Nov 25, 11:23 AM HST · 14558 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
8. 2.49 km E of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Nov 24, 11:57 PM HST · 14558 days ago · 43 km deep · 22 km away
9. 2.715 km S of Waikoloa, HawaiiMon, Nov 24, 8:59 PM HST · 14558 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away
10. 2.09 km N of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Nov 24, 12:15 PM HST · 14559 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
11. 2.09 km N of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Nov 24, 2:36 AM HST · 14559 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
12. 1.515 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Nov 23, 5:40 PM HST · 14560 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
13. 2.06 km SSW of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Nov 23, 6:17 AM HST · 14560 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
14. 2.126 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Nov 22, 1:40 PM HST · 14561 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
15. 1.817 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Nov 22, 10:21 AM HST · 14561 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
16. 2.025 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Nov 21, 5:15 AM HST · 14562 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
17. 1.68 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 20, 7:20 PM HST · 14563 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
18. 1.816 km S of Fern Forest, HIThu, Nov 20, 6:41 PM HST · 14563 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
19. 2.33 km NW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 20, 4:18 AM HST · 14563 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
20. 2.18 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Nov 20, 4:14 AM HST · 14563 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv227671. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:49 PM UTC.