M1.6 earthquake 2 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 2 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Feb 7, 1987, 2:09 AM HST (12:09 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 29 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-02-07 12:09:57 UTC
- Depth
- 5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.456° N, 155.258° 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 1.8 km horizontally, 3.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 225°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 13
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
- 1.929 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14470 days ago · 25 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.016 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14470 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14470 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.816 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14469 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.917 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14469 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.715 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.811 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.48 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.97 km WSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14467 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14467 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.826 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14466 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.613 km NW of Waimea, Hawaii · 14466 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.919 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14466 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.118 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14466 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.814 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14465 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14465 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14465 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14465 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14465 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.92 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14464 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.519 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14464 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14464 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14464 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.96 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14463 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14463 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.89 km NE of Puako, Hawaii · 14462 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.721 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14462 days ago · 34 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.622 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14462 days ago · 46 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14462 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14462 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14461 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.014 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14461 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14461 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.97 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14460 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.311 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14459 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.024 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14459 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.61 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14459 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.60 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14459 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.110 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14459 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.12 km WNW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 14459 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.57 km WNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 14458 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14458 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.919 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14458 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14458 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.017 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14457 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.914 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14456 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.013 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14456 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.316 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14456 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14456 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.110 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14456 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.212 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14455 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.513 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14454 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.914 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14454 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.716 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14453 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.49 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14452 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
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