M2.4 earthquake 13 km SSE of Volcano, HI
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 13 km SSE of Volcano, HI on Tue, Mar 24, 1987, 10:31 PM HST (08:31 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 20 km W of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-03-25 08:31:29 UTC
- Depth
- 6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.331° N, 155.190° 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, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 87°
- Stations used
- 42
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 102 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.62 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14437 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.613 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14435 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.116 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14435 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14435 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14434 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14434 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.15 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14434 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14433 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.813 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14432 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14432 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.827 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14432 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14432 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.37 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14432 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14432 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.30 km W of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14431 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.23 km SSW of Puako, Hawaii · 14431 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.66 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14430 days ago · 13 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14429 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.426 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14428 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.918 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14428 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.718 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14427 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.111 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14427 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.015 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14426 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.216 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14426 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.312 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14426 days ago · 0 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14426 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.913 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14426 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.917 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14426 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.012 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14426 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14425 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.416 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14425 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.115 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14425 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14425 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.84 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14425 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.43 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14424 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14424 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14424 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.63 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14424 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.720 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14423 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.923 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14423 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.143 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14423 days ago · 14 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.721 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 14422 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.216 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14422 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.76 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14422 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.715 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14421 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14421 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.217 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14420 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14420 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14420 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.511 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14419 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.99 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14418 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.711 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14418 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14418 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14418 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.67 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14417 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.018 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14416 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.311 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14416 days ago · -1 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.62 km N of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 14415 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14415 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.911 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14415 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 2.94 km WSW of Waimea, Hawaii · 14437 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.320 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14438 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.33 km ENE of Kealakekua, Hawaii · 14438 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.319 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14438 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.49 km ESE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14438 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.412 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14438 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.610 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14438 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.225 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 14438 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14439 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14439 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.523 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14439 days ago · 23 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14439 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.014 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14439 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.120 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14440 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.717 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14440 days ago · 34 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.910 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14440 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.325 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14440 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14441 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.018 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14441 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.817 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14442 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
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