M1.9 earthquake 8 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Tue, Jul 14, 1987, 8:54 PM HST

UTC

1987-07-15 06:54:31 UTC

Depth

6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.430° N, 155.315° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.09

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

148°

Stations used

21

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast9 kmW
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast40 kmWSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast337 kmSE

After

1. 1.510 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Jul 15, 6:59 AM HST · 14324 days ago · -1 km deep · 24 km away
2. 2.37 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 15, 8:11 AM HST · 14324 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
3. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jul 16, 4:50 AM HST · 14323 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
4. 2.836 km ESE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jul 16, 11:19 AM HST · 14323 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
5. 2.017 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jul 16, 5:28 PM HST · 14322 days ago · 13 km deep · 14 km away
6. 2.210 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 17, 1:07 PM HST · 14321 days ago · -1 km deep · 6 km away
7. 1.87 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jul 17, 1:16 PM HST · 14321 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
8. 2.46 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jul 17, 11:20 PM HST · 14321 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
9. 2.832 km SW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSat, Jul 18, 4:11 AM HST · 14321 days ago · 21 km deep · 82 km away
10. 1.918 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jul 18, 6:19 AM HST · 14321 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
11. 2.16 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 18, 11:45 AM HST · 14321 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
12. 2.3Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Jul 18, 4:24 PM HST · 14320 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
13. 2.22 km W of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jul 18, 4:24 PM HST · 14320 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
14. 2.52 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jul 18, 7:50 PM HST · 14320 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
15. 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 19, 12:34 AM HST · 14320 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
16. 2.312 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 19, 11:33 AM HST · 14320 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
17. 2.06 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 20, 1:13 AM HST · 14319 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
18. 3.120 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jul 20, 1:40 AM HST · 14319 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
19. 1.96 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jul 20, 6:34 AM HST · 14319 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
20. 1.9Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Jul 20, 6:37 AM HST · 14319 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
21. 2.816 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jul 20, 8:51 AM HST · 14319 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
22. 1.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jul 20, 9:41 AM HST · 14319 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
23. 2.011 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 20, 1:43 PM HST · 14318 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
24. 2.09 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 21, 3:21 PM HST · 14317 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
25. 2.04 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 21, 6:20 PM HST · 14317 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
26. 2.09 km W of Mountain View, HawaiiTue, Jul 21, 6:24 PM HST · 14317 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
27. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 21, 11:51 PM HST · 14317 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
28. 2.27 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jul 22, 1:50 AM HST · 14317 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
29. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Jul 22, 6:40 AM HST · 14317 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
30. 1.513 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jul 22, 11:21 AM HST · 14317 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
31. 1.512 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jul 22, 1:00 PM HST · 14316 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
32. 2.313 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 22, 4:59 PM HST · 14316 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
33. 2.08 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 22, 10:38 PM HST · 14316 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
34. 1.816 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jul 23, 6:25 AM HST · 14316 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
35. 2.10 km SE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jul 23, 4:04 PM HST · 14315 days ago · -1 km deep · 9 km away
36. 2.019 km SE of Waimea, HawaiiFri, Jul 24, 12:14 AM HST · 14315 days ago · 18 km deep · 57 km away
37. 2.21 km SE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jul 24, 12:43 PM HST · 14314 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
38. 1.59 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jul 24, 5:53 PM HST · 14314 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
39. 1.510 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jul 24, 9:01 PM HST · 14314 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
40. 2.816 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 25, 3:24 AM HST · 14314 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
41. 1.916 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 25, 3:31 AM HST · 14314 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
42. 2.215 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 25, 3:35 AM HST · 14314 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
43. 1.89 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jul 25, 5:00 AM HST · 14314 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
44. 2.418 km ESE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Jul 25, 9:25 AM HST · 14314 days ago · 41 km deep · 59 km away
45. 2.314 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Jul 25, 10:32 AM HST · 14314 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
46. 3.113 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jul 25, 3:21 PM HST · 14313 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
47. 1.717 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jul 25, 10:30 PM HST · 14313 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
48. 2.57 km SE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiSun, Jul 26, 12:59 PM HST · 14312 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
49. 1.87 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 26, 6:00 PM HST · 14312 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
50. 1.62 km ESE of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jul 26, 6:22 PM HST · 14312 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
51. 1.912 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jul 27, 6:21 AM HST · 14312 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
52. 1.714 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Jul 27, 11:16 AM HST · 14312 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
53. 1.610 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 27, 2:32 PM HST · 14311 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
54. 1.79 km S of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jul 27, 5:22 PM HST · 14311 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
55. 2.115 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 27, 6:36 PM HST · 14311 days ago · -1 km deep · 7 km away
56. 2.419 km WNW of Mountain View, HawaiiTue, Jul 28, 7:55 AM HST · 14311 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
57. 3.016 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jul 28, 1:28 PM HST · 14310 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
58. 1.75 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 28, 8:39 PM HST · 14310 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
59. 2.315 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jul 29, 7:38 AM HST · 14310 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
60. 1.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Jul 29, 12:55 PM HST · 14309 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away

The first 60 of 196.

Before

1. 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jul 14, 5:03 PM HST · 14324 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
2. 1.523 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 14, 2:59 PM HST · 14324 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
3. 2.115 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 14, 7:00 AM HST · 14325 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
4. 2.310 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jul 14, 6:11 AM HST · 14325 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
5. 2.721 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jul 14, 6:10 AM HST · 14325 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
6. 2.37 km NW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 14, 5:06 AM HST · 14325 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
7. 2.522 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jul 14, 2:48 AM HST · 14325 days ago · 44 km deep · 27 km away
8. 1.916 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, Jul 14, 2:09 AM HST · 14325 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
9. 1.515 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jul 14, 1:59 AM HST · 14325 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
10. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 13, 9:23 PM HST · 14325 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
11. 2.012 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jul 13, 8:19 PM HST · 14325 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
12. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 13, 10:43 AM HST · 14326 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
13. 2.09 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jul 13, 10:42 AM HST · 14326 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
14. 2.68 km WNW of Kailua-Kona, HawaiiMon, Jul 13, 8:17 AM HST · 14326 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
15. 2.22 km SW of Kailua-Kona, HawaiiMon, Jul 13, 2:10 AM HST · 14326 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
16. 1.810 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jul 12, 7:37 PM HST · 14326 days ago · 0 km deep · 23 km away
17. 2.124 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 12, 7:26 PM HST · 14326 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
18. 1.710 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jul 12, 3:24 PM HST · 14326 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
19. 2.015 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 12, 11:11 AM HST · 14327 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
20. 2.112 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jul 12, 4:31 AM HST · 14327 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv245040. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:16 AM UTC.