M1.7 earthquake 8 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 8 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Jun 29, 1987, 9:56 PM HST (07:56 UTC), 8 km (5 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
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-06-30 07:56:12 UTC
- Depth
- 8.1 km (5.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.380° N, 155.285° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 85°
- Stations used
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 196 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.814 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14339 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.75 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14339 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.910 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14339 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.92 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14339 days ago · 14 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.037 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14339 days ago · 50 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.97 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14338 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.65 km ESE of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 14338 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.96 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14338 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.59 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14338 days ago · 12 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.711 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14338 days ago · 39 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14338 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.516 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14338 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14338 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.93 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14338 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.027 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14338 days ago · -1 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.527 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14338 days ago · 0 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.88 km ENE of Kukuihaele, Hawaii · 14338 days ago · 13 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.049 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14338 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14338 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.86 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14337 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.012 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14337 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.020 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14337 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.111 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14337 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.37 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14337 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14337 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.28 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14337 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.016 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14337 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14337 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14337 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14337 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.87 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14337 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14336 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.83 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14336 days ago · 41 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14336 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14336 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.14 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14336 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.14 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14336 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.04 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14336 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.13 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14336 days ago · 16 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.02 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14336 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14336 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.116 km NW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 14336 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.911 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14336 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.16 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14336 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.92 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14336 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.010 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14336 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.06 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14336 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.08 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14336 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.13 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14336 days ago · 15 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.37 km SW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14335 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.15 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14335 days ago · 15 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.17 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14335 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.54 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14335 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14335 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.33 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14334 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.69 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14334 days ago · 18 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.812 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14334 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.46 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14334 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.16 km SSE of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 14334 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14334 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
The first 60 of 199.
Before
- 2.21 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14340 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.429 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14340 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.419 km WSW of Hilo, Hawaii · 14340 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.515 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14340 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.815 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14340 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.025 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14340 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14340 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14341 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.91 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14341 days ago · -1 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14341 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.318 km W of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14341 days ago · 43 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14342 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14342 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14342 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.113 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14342 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14343 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.313 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14343 days ago · 28 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.95 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14343 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14343 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.616 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14343 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
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