M2.0 earthquake 21 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 21 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii on Mon, Mar 24, 1986, 10:28 PM HST (08:28 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 13 km WSW 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
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-03-25 08:28:44 UTC
- Depth
- 30.7 km (19.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.891° N, 155.527° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 196°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 36
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 195 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14775 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.813 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14775 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.812 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14775 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.119 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14774 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.112 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14774 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.96 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14774 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.99 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 14773 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.914 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14773 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.119 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14772 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.020 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14772 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.414 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14772 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14771 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14771 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.815 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14771 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.34 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14771 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14771 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.527 km W of Wainaku, Hawaii · 14770 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.817 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14770 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.217 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14770 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.616 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14770 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.623 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.317 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 31 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.016 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.023 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.125 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.66 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.512 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 27 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14769 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.814 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.025 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.65 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.310 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14768 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14767 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.812 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14767 days ago · 30 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.123 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14767 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.214 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14766 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.216 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14766 days ago · 30 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.19 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14766 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.011 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14766 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.95 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14765 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14765 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14765 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.16 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14765 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.612 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14764 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.915 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14764 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.518 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14764 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.819 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14764 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.012 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14764 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.224 km E of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 14763 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.53 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14763 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.224 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14763 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.316 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14763 days ago · 31 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.516 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14763 days ago · 29 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.216 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14763 days ago · 28 km deep · 71 km away
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