Hawaii earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 15 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 15 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Jan 25, 1987, 1:11 PM HST (23:11 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.8 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1987-01-25 23:11:10 UTC
Depth
5.7 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.314° N, 155.166° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
112°
Stations used
29

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. 1.814 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14480 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.85 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14479 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 1.66 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14479 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 2.511 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14479 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  5. 1.814 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14479 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.116 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14478 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14478 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 1.911 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 14478 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 1.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14478 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14478 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 3.312 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14477 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 2.214 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14477 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14477 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14477 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 1.919 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14476 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14475 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14475 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14475 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14475 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 2.420 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14475 days ago · 21 km deep · 35 km away
  21. 2.14 km NE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 14475 days ago · 21 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 1.77 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14474 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  23. 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14474 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  24. 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14474 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  25. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14474 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  26. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14474 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  27. 1.814 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14473 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  28. 2.00 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 14473 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  29. 2.316 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14473 days ago · 13 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14473 days ago · 22 km deep · 18 km away
  31. 1.62 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  32. 1.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  33. 1.83 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  34. 2.19 km WNW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 22 km deep · 30 km away
  35. 2.04 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  36. 2.02 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
  37. 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
  38. 1.99 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  39. 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  40. 1.711 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  41. 1.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  42. 2.010 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14471 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  43. 2.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14471 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  44. 1.929 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14470 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
  45. 2.016 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14470 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  46. 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14470 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  47. 1.816 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14469 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  48. 1.917 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14469 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  49. 1.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  50. 4.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  51. 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  52. 2.715 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  53. 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  54. 1.811 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  55. 2.48 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  56. 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  57. 1.97 km WSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14467 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  58. 2.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14467 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  59. 1.826 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14466 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  60. 1.919 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14466 days ago · 12 km deep · 27 km away

The first 60 of 197.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv231828. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:39 PM UTC.