M2.1 earthquake 9 km WNW of Mountain View, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 9 km WNW of Mountain View, Hawaii on Sat, Feb 7, 1987, 4:49 AM HST (14:49 UTC), 22 km (13 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 16 km S 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
- 2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-02-07 14:49:58 UTC
- Depth
- 21.6 km (13.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.582° N, 155.198° 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 16.7 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 315°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 7
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 196 in the 60 days after this one and 114 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.04 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14485 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.02 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14485 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14485 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.99 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14485 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14484 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.711 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14484 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14484 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.010 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14484 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14483 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.929 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14483 days ago · 25 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.016 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14483 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14483 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.816 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14481 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.917 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14481 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14481 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14481 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14481 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.715 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14481 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14481 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.811 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14481 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.48 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14480 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14480 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.97 km WSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14479 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14479 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.826 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14479 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.613 km NW of Waimea, Hawaii · 14479 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.919 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14479 days ago · 12 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.118 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14478 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.814 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14478 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14478 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14478 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14478 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14477 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.92 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14477 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.519 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14477 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14477 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14476 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.96 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14476 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14476 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.89 km NE of Puako, Hawaii · 14475 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.721 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14475 days ago · 34 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.622 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14475 days ago · 46 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14474 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14474 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14474 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.014 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14474 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14474 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.97 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.311 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.024 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.61 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.60 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.110 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.12 km WNW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.57 km WNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 14471 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14471 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.919 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14471 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14470 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.017 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14470 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.914 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14469 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
The first 60 of 196.
Before
- 1.83 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14485 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14485 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.62 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14485 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14485 days ago · 22 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.316 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14485 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.00 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 14486 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.814 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14486 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14486 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14486 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14487 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14487 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.77 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14487 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.14 km NE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 14487 days ago · 21 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.420 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14487 days ago · 21 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14487 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14487 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.310 km WNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 14488 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14488 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14488 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.919 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14489 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv232679. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 11:42 AM UTC.