M2.2 earthquake 27 km W of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 27 km W of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Dec 14, 1986, 12:41 PM HST (22:41 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 15 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-12-14 22:41:43 UTC
- Depth
- 6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.452° N, 155.492° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- Stations used
- 34
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
- 2.515 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14516 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.116 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14515 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.711 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14515 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.09 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14515 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.30 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14513 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.019 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14513 days ago · 39 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.219 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14513 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.719 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14513 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.52 km SW of Waimea, Hawaii · 14513 days ago · 28 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.225 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14513 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14513 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.514 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14512 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14512 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.19 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14512 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.13 km NW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14512 days ago · 17 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.13 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14512 days ago · 21 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.111 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14512 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.11 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14512 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.28 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14512 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.815 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14512 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.93 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14512 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.111 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14511 days ago · 32 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.012 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14511 days ago · 29 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14511 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14511 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.713 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14510 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.815 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14509 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.96 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 14509 days ago · 26 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.416 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14509 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14509 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.98 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14508 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.312 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14508 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.825 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14508 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14507 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.528 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14507 days ago · 45 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.718 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14507 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.09 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14507 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.811 km SSW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 14506 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14506 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14506 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.716 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14506 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.516 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14506 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.811 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14505 days ago · 31 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.22 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14504 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.716 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14504 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.024 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14503 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.96 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14503 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14503 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.310 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14503 days ago · 32 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.111 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14503 days ago · 34 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.312 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14503 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14503 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14503 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.05 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14503 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.449 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14502 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.916 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14502 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.814 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14502 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.53 km ESE of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 14502 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.546 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14502 days ago · 11 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14501 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
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