M1.8 earthquake 9 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 9 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Dec 10, 1986, 2:02 PM HST (00:02 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.0 20 km WNW of P?hala, 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
- 1986-12-11 00:02:31 UTC
- Depth
- 18.2 km (11.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.372° N, 155.281° 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 3.4 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 206°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 9
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
- 1.84 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14521 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.020 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14521 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.024 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14520 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.05 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14520 days ago · 14 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14520 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.34 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14519 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.711 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14519 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.015 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14519 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.317 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14519 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.515 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14519 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14518 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14518 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14518 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.261 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14518 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14517 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.810 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14517 days ago · -1 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.416 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14516 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.217 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14516 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.515 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14516 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.116 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14516 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.711 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14516 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.09 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14515 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.30 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14514 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.019 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14514 days ago · 39 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.219 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14514 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.719 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14514 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.52 km SW of Waimea, Hawaii · 14513 days ago · 28 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.225 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14513 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14513 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.514 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14513 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14513 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.19 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14513 days ago · 22 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.13 km NW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14513 days ago · 17 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.13 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14513 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.111 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14512 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.11 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14512 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.28 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14512 days ago · 20 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.815 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14512 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.93 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14512 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.111 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14512 days ago · 32 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.012 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14512 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14511 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14511 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.713 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14511 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.815 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14510 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.96 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 14510 days ago · 26 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.416 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14510 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14509 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.98 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14509 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.312 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14509 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.825 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14508 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14508 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.528 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14507 days ago · 45 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.718 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14507 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.09 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14507 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.811 km SSW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 14507 days ago · 43 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14506 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14506 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.716 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14506 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.516 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14506 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
The first 60 of 199.
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