M1.9 earthquake 14 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 14 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Feb 25, 1987, 7:03 PM HST (05:03 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 9 km N of P?hala, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-02-26 05:03:31 UTC
- Depth
- 6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.317° N, 155.262° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 38
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.75 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14451 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.39 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14450 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.915 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14449 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.115 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14449 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.612 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14449 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.211 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14448 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.63 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14448 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.912 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14448 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.24 km WSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14448 days ago · 39 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.014 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14448 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.95 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14448 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.69 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14447 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.07 km ESE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14447 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.120 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14446 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.115 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14445 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.915 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14445 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14444 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14444 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.615 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14444 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.815 km SSW of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 14443 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14443 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.08 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14443 days ago · 1 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.014 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14443 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.515 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14442 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14442 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14442 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.017 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14442 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.922 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14442 days ago · 11 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.66 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14442 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.219 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14442 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.110 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14442 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.25 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14442 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.01 km SW of Hilo, Hawaii · 14442 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.29 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14442 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.923 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14441 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.321 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14441 days ago · 50 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.09 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14441 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.116 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14441 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14441 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 4.03 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14440 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.717 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14440 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.713 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14440 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.811 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14439 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.227 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14439 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.411 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14439 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14439 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.823 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14438 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.114 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14438 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14438 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.95 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14437 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.010 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14437 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.74 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14437 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.310 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14437 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14437 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.923 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14435 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.815 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14435 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14434 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.22 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14434 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.62 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14434 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.82 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14434 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
The first 60 of 196.
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