M2.2 earthquake 1 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 1 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii on Fri, Jul 24, 1987, 12:43 PM HST (22:43 UTC), 9 km (5 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
- 1987-07-24 22:43:19 UTC
- Depth
- 8.6 km (5.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.433° N, 155.226° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 270°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 195 in the 60 days after this one and 183 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.59 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14314 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.510 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14314 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.816 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14314 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.916 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14314 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.215 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14314 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.89 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14314 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.418 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14314 days ago · 41 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.314 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14314 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.113 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14313 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.717 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14313 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14312 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.87 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14312 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.62 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14312 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.912 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14312 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14312 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.610 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14311 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.79 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 14311 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.115 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14311 days ago · -1 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.419 km WNW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 14311 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.016 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14310 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14310 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.315 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14310 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14309 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.34 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14309 days ago · 22 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.62 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14309 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.35 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14308 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.11 km NW of Fern Acres, Hawaii · 14308 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.52 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14308 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.212 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14308 days ago · 21 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.013 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14308 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.717 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14307 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14307 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.625 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14307 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.612 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14307 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.415 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14306 days ago · 30 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.12 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14305 days ago · 12 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.613 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14305 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14305 days ago · 13 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.415 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14304 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.27 km W of Waimea, Hawaii · 14304 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14304 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14304 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.623 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14304 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.817 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14304 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.38 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14304 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.36 km ENE of Hilo, Hawaii · 14303 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.425 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14303 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.13 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14303 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.713 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14303 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14303 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14302 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.91 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14302 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.523 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14300 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.612 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14300 days ago · 11 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.112 km NW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 14300 days ago · 14 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.616 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14300 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14299 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.814 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14299 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.916 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14299 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.515 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14299 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
The first 60 of 195.
Before
- 2.019 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14315 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.10 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14315 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.816 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14316 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.08 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14316 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.313 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14316 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.512 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14316 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.513 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14317 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14317 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.27 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14317 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14317 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.09 km W of Mountain View, Hawaii · 14317 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.04 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14317 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.09 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14317 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.011 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14318 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14319 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.816 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14319 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14319 days ago · 1 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.96 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14319 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.120 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14319 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.06 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14319 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
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