M2.6 earthquake 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Dec 4, 1986, 12:51 AM HST (10:51 UTC), 7 km (5 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
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-12-04 10:51:19 UTC
- Depth
- 7.3 km (4.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.320° N, 155.201° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 39
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 126 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.221 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14545 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.825 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14545 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.95 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14545 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14545 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14544 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14544 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.711 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14544 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.913 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14544 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.412 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14544 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.615 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14544 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.711 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14543 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14543 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.917 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14543 days ago · 46 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.921 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14543 days ago · 46 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.919 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14543 days ago · 47 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.921 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14543 days ago · 44 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.92 km SSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14542 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.33 km WSW of Kurtistown, Hawaii · 14542 days ago · 25 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.112 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14541 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.213 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14541 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.810 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14541 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.915 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14541 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.711 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14541 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14541 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14541 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.412 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14541 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14541 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14541 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.012 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14541 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.112 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14541 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.415 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14541 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.023 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14540 days ago · -1 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.35 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14540 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.20 km WNW of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 14540 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.47 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14540 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.520 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14540 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.010 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14540 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.115 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14540 days ago · 19 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.94 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14540 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.99 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14540 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.318 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14540 days ago · 18 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.010 km NW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14540 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.21 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14540 days ago · 26 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.08 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 14540 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14540 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.310 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14540 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.911 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14540 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.06 km W of Mountain View, Hawaii · 14540 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.816 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14540 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.14 km SE of Fern Acres, Hawaii · 14540 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.56 km SW of Pepeekeo, Hawaii · 14540 days ago · 30 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14540 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.721 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14539 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14539 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.77 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14539 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.84 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14539 days ago · 17 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.86 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14539 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.621 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14539 days ago · 43 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.212 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14539 days ago · 43 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.97 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14539 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
The first 60 of 199.
Before
- 2.114 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14546 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.114 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14546 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.12 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14546 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14547 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.814 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14547 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.813 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14547 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14548 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.818 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14548 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.927 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14548 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.214 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14549 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.610 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14549 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.816 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14549 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14549 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.015 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14549 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.650 km S of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14550 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.716 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14550 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.11 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 14550 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14550 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14550 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.51 km NW of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 14550 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv228091. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:21 PM UTC.