M1.8 earthquake 15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Sat, Dec 13, 1986, 1:39 AM HST

UTC

1986-12-13 11:39:22 UTC

Depth

6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.306° N, 155.259° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.09

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

105°

Stations used

37

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast15 kmS
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast44 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast351 kmSE

After

1. 2.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 13, 2:05 AM HST · 14539 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
2. 2.09 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 13, 5:24 AM HST · 14539 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
3. 1.918 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Dec 13, 5:29 PM HST · 14538 days ago · 38 km deep · 30 km away
4. 2.02 km ESE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Dec 13, 9:11 PM HST · 14538 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
5. 1.721 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Dec 14, 5:28 AM HST · 14538 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
6. 2.111 km NW of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Dec 14, 7:44 AM HST · 14537 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
7. 2.227 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 14, 12:41 PM HST · 14537 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
8. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 14, 2:21 PM HST · 14537 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
9. 2.317 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Dec 14, 7:53 PM HST · 14537 days ago · 36 km deep · 29 km away
10. 2.022 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 14, 10:18 PM HST · 14537 days ago · 1 km deep · 26 km away
11. 1.93 km SE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiMon, Dec 15, 1:37 PM HST · 14536 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
12. 1.819 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Dec 15, 6:59 PM HST · 14536 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
13. 2.013 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Dec 16, 9:53 AM HST · 14535 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
14. 1.511 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Dec 16, 5:38 PM HST · 14535 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
15. 1.716 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 16, 10:02 PM HST · 14535 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
16. 1.811 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, Dec 16, 10:39 PM HST · 14535 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
17. 1.811 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 17, 4:38 AM HST · 14535 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
18. 2.026 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 17, 6:44 PM HST · 14534 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
19. 2.022 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 17, 11:41 PM HST · 14534 days ago · 0 km deep · 27 km away
20. 1.814 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Dec 19, 7:30 AM HST · 14532 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
21. 2.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Dec 19, 10:10 AM HST · 14532 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
22. 1.75 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 20, 3:03 AM HST · 14532 days ago · 13 km deep · 13 km away
23. 1.615 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 20, 1:33 PM HST · 14531 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
24. 2.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Dec 20, 3:29 PM HST · 14531 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
25. 1.95 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 20, 7:01 PM HST · 14531 days ago · 19 km deep · 13 km away
26. 1.913 km SSE of Eden Roc, HawaiiSat, Dec 20, 7:47 PM HST · 14531 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
27. 1.84 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 20, 10:25 PM HST · 14531 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
28. 2.020 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Dec 20, 10:46 PM HST · 14531 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
29. 2.024 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Dec 21, 12:51 AM HST · 14531 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
30. 2.05 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 21, 4:06 AM HST · 14531 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
31. 1.76 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 21, 8:26 AM HST · 14530 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
32. 2.34 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Dec 22, 7:20 AM HST · 14529 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
33. 1.711 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 22, 11:33 AM HST · 14529 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
34. 2.015 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 22, 11:40 AM HST · 14529 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
35. 2.317 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Dec 22, 3:04 PM HST · 14529 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
36. 2.515 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 22, 4:11 PM HST · 14529 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
37. 2.615 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Dec 23, 5:28 AM HST · 14529 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
38. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Dec 23, 5:46 PM HST · 14528 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
39. 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Dec 23, 11:26 PM HST · 14528 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
40. 2.261 km S of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, Dec 23, 11:29 PM HST · 14528 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
41. 1.715 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 24, 2:40 PM HST · 14527 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
42. 1.810 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiWed, Dec 24, 9:41 PM HST · 14527 days ago · -1 km deep · 49 km away
43. 2.416 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Dec 25, 8:33 AM HST · 14526 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
44. 2.217 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiThu, Dec 25, 12:28 PM HST · 14526 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
45. 2.515 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Dec 25, 12:41 PM HST · 14526 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
46. 2.116 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiThu, Dec 25, 5:54 PM HST · 14526 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
47. 1.711 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiThu, Dec 25, 10:37 PM HST · 14526 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
48. 2.09 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 26, 4:55 AM HST · 14526 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
49. 2.30 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Dec 27, 1:45 PM HST · 14524 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
50. 2.019 km SE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Dec 27, 2:36 PM HST · 14524 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away
51. 2.219 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Dec 27, 8:33 PM HST · 14524 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
52. 1.719 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 27, 11:33 PM HST · 14524 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
53. 2.52 km SW of Waimea, HawaiiSun, Dec 28, 6:06 AM HST · 14524 days ago · 28 km deep · 90 km away
54. 2.225 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 28, 7:14 AM HST · 14523 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
55. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 28, 9:04 AM HST · 14523 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
56. 1.514 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Dec 28, 1:35 PM HST · 14523 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
57. 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 28, 3:43 PM HST · 14523 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
58. 2.19 km NNE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 28, 8:05 PM HST · 14523 days ago · 22 km deep · 25 km away
59. 2.13 km NW of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 28, 9:34 PM HST · 14523 days ago · 17 km deep · 22 km away
60. 2.13 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 28, 11:27 PM HST · 14523 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away

The first 60 of 197.

Before

1. 2.013 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Dec 12, 7:07 AM HST · 14539 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
2. 1.821 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Dec 11, 11:45 PM HST · 14540 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
3. 2.09 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 11, 11:09 PM HST · 14540 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
4. 1.813 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 11, 6:03 PM HST · 14540 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
5. 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Dec 11, 5:48 PM HST · 14540 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
6. 1.614 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, Dec 10, 7:32 PM HST · 14541 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
7. 3.117 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Dec 10, 2:47 PM HST · 14541 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
8. 1.9Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Dec 10, 2:40 PM HST · 14541 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away
9. 1.84 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 10, 2:16 PM HST · 14541 days ago · 16 km deep · 11 km away
10. 1.89 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 10, 2:02 PM HST · 14541 days ago · 18 km deep · 8 km away
11. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Dec 10, 1:22 PM HST · 14541 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
12. 1.8Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Dec 10, 11:50 AM HST · 14541 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
13. 2.09 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 10, 11:05 AM HST · 14541 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
14. 1.92 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 10, 9:55 AM HST · 14541 days ago · 23 km deep · 14 km away
15. 1.77 km SW of Volcano, HIWed, Dec 10, 8:39 AM HST · 14541 days ago · 13 km deep · 11 km away
16. 1.97 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 10, 7:07 AM HST · 14541 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
17. 2.212 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 10, 6:15 AM HST · 14542 days ago · 43 km deep · 13 km away
18. 2.621 km E of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 10, 6:09 AM HST · 14542 days ago · 43 km deep · 12 km away
19. 1.86 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 10, 6:08 AM HST · 14542 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
20. 1.84 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 10, 5:42 AM HST · 14542 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv228848. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:24 AM UTC.