M1.9 earthquake 4 km N of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 4 km N of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Jun 8, 1987, 6:07 AM HST (16:07 UTC), 10 km (6 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
- 1987-06-08 16:07:48 UTC
- Depth
- 9.7 km (6.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.484° N, 155.235° 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 3.2 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 274°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 9
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 155 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.04 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.06 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.93 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Volcano, HI · 14360 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.84 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 16 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.69 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.17 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.64 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.95 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.94 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.96 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.82 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.78 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.96 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.95 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.554 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.616 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.91 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.711 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.415 km SE of Fern Forest, HI · 14359 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.515 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.915 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.615 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14358 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14358 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.819 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14358 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.87 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14358 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.17 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14358 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.79 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14358 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.611 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14358 days ago · 0 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.79 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14358 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.92 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14358 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.98 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14358 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.89 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14358 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.23 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14358 days ago · 15 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14357 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.74 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14357 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.54 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14357 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.85 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14357 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.84 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14357 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.89 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14357 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.521 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 14357 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.63 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14357 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14357 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.02 km NNW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14357 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14357 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14357 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.77 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14357 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.410 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14357 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14357 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.86 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14357 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.06 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14357 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.15 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14357 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.12 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14356 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.08 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14356 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.15 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14356 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.16 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14356 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
The first 60 of 196.
Before
- 1.94 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.85 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.03 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.87 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.15 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.03 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.016 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.81 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.85 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.68 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.18 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.27 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.69 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.67 km SW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14361 days ago · 34 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.11 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14361 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.55 km E of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 14361 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.27 km WSW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 14361 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14361 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
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