M1.9 earthquake 17 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 17 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Feb 10, 1987, 9:20 PM HST (07:20 UTC), 6 km (4 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
- 1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-02-11 07:20:48 UTC
- Depth
- 6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.286° N, 155.218° 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, 0.9 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 142°
- 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 122 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14477 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14477 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14477 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.715 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14477 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14477 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.811 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14477 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.48 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14477 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14477 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.97 km WSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14476 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14476 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.826 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14475 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.919 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14475 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.118 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14475 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.814 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14475 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14475 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14474 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14474 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14474 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.92 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14474 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.519 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14474 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14473 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14473 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.96 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14472 days ago · 11 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.721 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14471 days ago · 34 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.622 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14471 days ago · 46 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14471 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14471 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14470 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.014 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14470 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14470 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.97 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14469 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.311 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14469 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.024 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14469 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.61 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.60 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.110 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.12 km WNW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 14468 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14467 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.919 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14467 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14467 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.017 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14466 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.914 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14466 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.013 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14465 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.316 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14465 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14465 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.110 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14465 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.212 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14464 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.513 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14464 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.914 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14463 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.716 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14462 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.49 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14462 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.825 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14461 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.816 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14461 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.911 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14461 days ago · 18 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.516 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14460 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.616 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14460 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.75 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14460 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.39 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14460 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.915 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14458 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
The first 60 of 195.
Before
- 1.816 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14478 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14479 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.016 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14479 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.929 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14479 days ago · 25 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14480 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.010 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14480 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14481 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.711 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14481 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14481 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.99 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14481 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14481 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.02 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14481 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.04 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14481 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.19 km WNW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 14481 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.83 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14481 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14482 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.62 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14482 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14482 days ago · 22 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.316 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14482 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.00 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 14482 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
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