M1.9 earthquake 8 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 8 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Jun 11, 1987, 7:27 PM HST (05:27 UTC), 13 km (8 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
- 1987-06-12 05:27:52 UTC
- Depth
- 12.7 km (7.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.392° N, 155.292° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 54°
- Stations used
- 22
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 194 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.77 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.410 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.86 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.06 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.15 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.12 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.08 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.15 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.16 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.89 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.82 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.04 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.14 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.15 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.97 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.24 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.25 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.96 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.17 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.72 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.16 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.94 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.18 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.210 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.10 km E of Volcano, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 15 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.88 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.12 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 12 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.916 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14359 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.11 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 14358 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.22 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14358 days ago · 20 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.92 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14358 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.720 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14358 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.04 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14358 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.02 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14358 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14358 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14358 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.25 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14358 days ago · 17 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14358 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.810 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14358 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.05 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14358 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.06 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14358 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.09 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14357 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.15 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14357 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.010 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14357 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.94 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14357 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14357 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
The first 60 of 196.
Before
- 1.95 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.02 km NNW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.63 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.521 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.89 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.84 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14360 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.85 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14361 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.54 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14361 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.74 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14361 days ago · -1 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14361 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.23 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14361 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.89 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14361 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.98 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14361 days ago · -1 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.92 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14361 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.79 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14361 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.611 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14361 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.79 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14361 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.17 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14362 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.87 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14362 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
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