Hawaii earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 16 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 16 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Fri, Feb 27, 1987, 11:43 PM HST (09:43 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.9 5 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1987-02-28 09:43:38 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.313° N, 155.165° 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, 0.7 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
114°
Stations used
33

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. 1.95 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14448 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 2.69 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14447 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 2.07 km ESE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14447 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.120 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14446 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 2.115 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14445 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 1.915 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14445 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14444 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14444 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  9. 2.615 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14444 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 2.815 km SSW of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 14443 days ago · 13 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14443 days ago · 25 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.08 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14443 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 2.014 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14443 days ago · 2 km deep · 15 km away
  14. 1.515 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14442 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 1.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14442 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
  16. 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14442 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 2.017 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14442 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.922 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14442 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 1.66 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14442 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
  20. 2.219 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14442 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  21. 2.110 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14442 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
  22. 2.25 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14442 days ago · 25 km deep · 17 km away
  23. 2.01 km SW of Hilo, Hawaii · 14442 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  24. 2.29 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14442 days ago · 12 km deep · 19 km away
  25. 1.923 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14441 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  26. 2.321 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14441 days ago · 50 km deep · 18 km away
  27. 2.09 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14441 days ago · 11 km deep · 17 km away
  28. 2.116 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14441 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  29. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14441 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  30. 4.03 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14440 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  31. 1.717 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14440 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  32. 2.713 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14440 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  33. 1.811 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14439 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  34. 2.227 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14439 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  35. 2.411 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14439 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  36. 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14439 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  37. 1.823 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14438 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  38. 2.114 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14438 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  39. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14438 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  40. 1.95 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14437 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  41. 2.010 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14437 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  42. 1.74 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14437 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  43. 2.310 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14437 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  44. 1.99 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14437 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  45. 1.923 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14435 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
  46. 1.815 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14435 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  47. 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14434 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  48. 2.22 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14434 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  49. 3.62 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14434 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  50. 2.82 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14434 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  51. 1.915 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 14434 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  52. 1.817 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14434 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  53. 2.36 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14433 days ago · 22 km deep · 23 km away
  54. 1.617 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14433 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  55. 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14433 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  56. 1.814 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14432 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  57. 1.916 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14432 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
  58. 1.817 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14432 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
  59. 2.018 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14431 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  60. 1.74 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14431 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away

The first 60 of 196.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv234318. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:47 PM UTC.