M2.1 earthquake 11 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Wed, Jan 7, 1987, 6:39 AM HST

UTC

1987-01-07 16:39:49 UTC

Depth

34.2 km (21.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.345° N, 155.262° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.0 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

72°

Stations used

26

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast11 kmSSW
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast41 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast348 kmSE

After

1. 2.312 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 7, 8:06 AM HST · 14513 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
2. 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 7, 10:25 AM HST · 14513 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
3. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Jan 7, 11:42 AM HST · 14513 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
4. 2.05 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 7, 12:06 PM HST · 14513 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
5. 2.449 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiWed, Jan 7, 1:59 PM HST · 14513 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
6. 1.916 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 7, 2:37 PM HST · 14513 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
7. 1.814 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 7, 4:10 PM HST · 14513 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
8. 2.53 km ESE of Captain Cook, HawaiiWed, Jan 7, 10:37 PM HST · 14513 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
9. 2.546 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiThu, Jan 8, 5:50 AM HST · 14512 days ago · 11 km deep · 60 km away
10. 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 8, 2:16 PM HST · 14512 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
11. 2.26 km NNW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 9, 6:13 PM HST · 14511 days ago · 29 km deep · 17 km away
12. 2.12 km NE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 10, 3:16 PM HST · 14510 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
13. 2.110 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiSun, Jan 11, 12:04 AM HST · 14509 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
14. 1.816 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 12, 4:48 AM HST · 14508 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
15. 2.319 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 12, 12:55 PM HST · 14508 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
16. 2.114 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 12, 10:26 PM HST · 14508 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
17. 2.33 km E of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 13, 3:06 PM HST · 14507 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
18. 1.920 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 13, 8:23 PM HST · 14507 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
19. 2.124 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 14, 1:20 AM HST · 14506 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
20. 1.68 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 14, 2:12 PM HST · 14506 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
21. 2.013 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 14, 4:23 PM HST · 14506 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
22. 1.75 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 14, 9:19 PM HST · 14506 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
23. 2.59 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 15, 5:22 AM HST · 14505 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
24. 3.05 km SW of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jan 15, 9:40 AM HST · 14505 days ago · 31 km deep · 34 km away
25. 1.85 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 15, 7:29 PM HST · 14505 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
26. 2.013 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jan 15, 7:53 PM HST · 14505 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
27. 1.513 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jan 16, 5:38 AM HST · 14504 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
28. 1.724 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 16, 11:41 AM HST · 14504 days ago · 41 km deep · 25 km away
29. 2.13 km N of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 16, 8:31 PM HST · 14504 days ago · 18 km deep · 14 km away
30. 1.64 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 16, 10:23 PM HST · 14504 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
31. 2.113 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 16, 11:29 PM HST · 14504 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
32. 1.83 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 17, 12:35 AM HST · 14503 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
33. 1.614 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 17, 12:41 AM HST · 14503 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
34. 2.06 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 17, 2:30 AM HST · 14503 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
35. 1.93 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 17, 4:03 AM HST · 14503 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
36. 2.02 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 17, 5:19 AM HST · 14503 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
37. 1.618 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jan 17, 5:29 AM HST · 14503 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
38. 1.914 km SSE of Eden Roc, HawaiiSat, Jan 17, 6:14 AM HST · 14503 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
39. 1.85 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 17, 8:41 AM HST · 14503 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
40. 1.94 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 17, 9:41 AM HST · 14503 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
41. 1.65 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 17, 3:17 PM HST · 14503 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
42. 1.720 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jan 17, 5:55 PM HST · 14503 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
43. 1.93 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 17, 9:39 PM HST · 14503 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
44. 1.85 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 18, 12:10 AM HST · 14502 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
45. 1.65 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 18, 2:23 AM HST · 14502 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
46. 1.93 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 18, 3:42 AM HST · 14502 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
47. 1.516 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jan 18, 7:09 AM HST · 14502 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
48. 1.616 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jan 18, 8:06 AM HST · 14502 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
49. 1.716 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jan 18, 10:09 AM HST · 14502 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
50. 1.614 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 18, 10:33 AM HST · 14502 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
51. 1.84 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 18, 3:12 PM HST · 14502 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
52. 1.85 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 18, 5:42 PM HST · 14502 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
53. 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 18, 8:28 PM HST · 14502 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
54. 1.77 km WSW of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jan 18, 11:58 PM HST · 14501 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
55. 1.613 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 19, 1:21 AM HST · 14501 days ago · 25 km deep · 12 km away
56. 2.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jan 19, 9:11 AM HST · 14501 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
57. 1.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Jan 20, 5:14 AM HST · 14500 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
58. 2.017 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 20, 5:32 AM HST · 14500 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
59. 1.916 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 21, 1:32 AM HST · 14499 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
60. 1.812 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Jan 21, 3:49 PM HST · 14499 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away

The first 60 of 198.

Before

1. 4.310 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 7, 6:23 AM HST · 14513 days ago · 32 km deep · 1 km away
2. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 7, 5:30 AM HST · 14513 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
3. 1.96 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 6, 11:49 PM HST · 14513 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
4. 2.024 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 6, 4:19 PM HST · 14514 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
5. 1.716 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 6, 8:12 AM HST · 14514 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
6. 2.22 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 5, 4:15 PM HST · 14515 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
7. 2.811 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 4, 11:08 PM HST · 14516 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away
8. 1.516 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jan 4, 12:07 PM HST · 14516 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
9. 1.716 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 4, 8:30 AM HST · 14516 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
10. 1.514 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 4, 5:52 AM HST · 14516 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
11. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 4, 1:23 AM HST · 14516 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
12. 2.811 km SSW of Honoka‘a, HawaiiSat, Jan 3, 10:16 PM HST · 14517 days ago · 43 km deep · 76 km away
13. 2.09 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSat, Jan 3, 12:10 PM HST · 14517 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
14. 2.718 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 3, 9:43 AM HST · 14517 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
15. 2.528 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jan 3, 4:13 AM HST · 14517 days ago · 45 km deep · 26 km away
16. 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 2, 4:17 PM HST · 14518 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
17. 1.825 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jan 2, 12:36 PM HST · 14518 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
18. 2.312 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 1, 10:51 PM HST · 14519 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
19. 2.98 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jan 1, 2:23 PM HST · 14519 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
20. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Jan 1, 12:39 AM HST · 14519 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv234869. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:18 PM UTC.