M2.2 earthquake 1 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 1 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Jul 9, 1987, 10:43 PM HST (08:43 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 14 km S 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
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-07-10 08:43:42 UTC
- Depth
- -0.0 km (-0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.450° N, 155.246° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 283°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
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 196 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.110 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14328 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14328 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.210 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14328 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.510 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14328 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.117 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14328 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.723 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14328 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.521 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14328 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.15 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14328 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14327 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.311 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14327 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14327 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.013 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14327 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14327 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.116 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14327 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.716 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14327 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.818 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14327 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.43 km E of Volcano, Hawaii · 14326 days ago · 18 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.112 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14326 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14326 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.710 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14326 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.124 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14326 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.810 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14326 days ago · 0 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.22 km SW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 14325 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.68 km WNW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 14325 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.09 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14325 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14325 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.012 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14325 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14325 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.515 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14324 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.916 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14324 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.522 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14324 days ago · 44 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.37 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14324 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.721 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14324 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.310 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14324 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.115 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14324 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.523 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14324 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14324 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.98 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14324 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.510 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14323 days ago · -1 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.37 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14323 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14322 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.836 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14322 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14322 days ago · 13 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.210 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14321 days ago · -1 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.87 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14321 days ago · 0 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.46 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14321 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.832 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14320 days ago · 21 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.918 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14320 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.16 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14320 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14320 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.22 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14320 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.52 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14320 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14319 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.312 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14319 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.06 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14318 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.120 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14318 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.96 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14318 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14318 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.816 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14318 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14318 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 1.726 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14329 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.24 km WNW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 14329 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14329 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14329 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14329 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.02 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14329 days ago · -1 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.218 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14329 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.118 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14329 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14329 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.713 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14329 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.37 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14329 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.34 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14330 days ago · 23 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.36 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14330 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.610 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 14330 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14330 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.75 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14330 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.48 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 14330 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.415 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14331 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.92 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14331 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.24 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14331 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
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