M2.2 earthquake 24 km W of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 24 km W of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Jan 24, 1987, 7:33 PM HST (05:33 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 12 km SE 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
- 1987-01-25 05:33:12 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.476° N, 155.462° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 50°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 197 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.911 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 14478 days ago · 20 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14478 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14478 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.312 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14477 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.214 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14477 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14476 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14476 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.919 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14476 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14475 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14475 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.310 km WNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 14475 days ago · 22 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14475 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14474 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.420 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14474 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.14 km NE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 14474 days ago · 21 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.77 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14474 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14474 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14474 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.018 km WNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 14474 days ago · 28 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14473 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14473 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.814 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14473 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.00 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 14473 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.638 km WNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 14473 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.316 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 13 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 22 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.62 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.83 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.19 km WNW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.04 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.02 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.8Hawaii region, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.99 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.711 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14471 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.010 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14471 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14471 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.929 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14470 days ago · 25 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.016 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14470 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14470 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.816 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14469 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.917 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.715 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.811 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.48 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14467 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.97 km WSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14467 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14466 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.826 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14466 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.613 km NW of Waimea, Hawaii · 14466 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.919 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14466 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.118 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14465 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.814 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14465 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv231782. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:50 PM UTC.