Hawaii earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Sep 6, 1987, 4:48 PM HST (02:48 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 18 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1987-09-07 02:48:07 UTC
Depth
13.8 km (8.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.414° N, 155.263° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
148°
Stations used
25

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 190 in the 60 days after this one and 115 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.513 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14270 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 1.925 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14270 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 1.610 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14269 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 1.513 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14269 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 2.423 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14269 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 2.232 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14268 days ago · 40 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 2.615 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14268 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  8. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14266 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  9. 1.917 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14265 days ago · 39 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 2.09 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14265 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 1.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14265 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 2.32 km ESE of Kukuihaele, Hawaii · 14265 days ago · 37 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.216 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14264 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 2.09 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14264 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 2.08 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14264 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 2.025 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14264 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  17. 2.321 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14263 days ago · 43 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 2.87 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14262 days ago · 29 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14261 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 1.76 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14260 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
  21. 2.314 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14259 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  22. 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14258 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  23. 2.18 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14258 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  24. 1.718 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14258 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  25. 3.818 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14258 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  26. 2.412 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14257 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  27. 2.15 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14257 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
  28. 3.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14257 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  29. 3.08 km ESE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 14257 days ago · 15 km deep · 73 km away
  30. 3.213 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14257 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  31. 2.78 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14257 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  32. 1.715 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14256 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  33. 2.37 km WNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 14256 days ago · 12 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 1.516 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14256 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  35. 1.918 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14255 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  36. 2.424 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14255 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  37. 2.025 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14254 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  38. 2.025 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14254 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  39. 3.17 km E of H?lualoa, Hawaii · 14254 days ago · 29 km deep · 68 km away
  40. 2.025 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14254 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  41. 3.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14253 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  42. 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14253 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  43. 1.815 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14253 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  44. 1.927 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14253 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  45. 2.125 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14253 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  46. 2.28 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14253 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  47. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14252 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  48. 2.011 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14252 days ago · 45 km deep · 36 km away
  49. 2.715 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14251 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  50. 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14251 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  51. 2.419 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14251 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
  52. 2.67 km NE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14251 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
  53. 1.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14251 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
  54. 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14251 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  55. 1.613 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14250 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  56. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14250 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  57. 2.55 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14250 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  58. 2.623 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14250 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  59. 2.012 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14249 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  60. 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14249 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away

The first 60 of 190.

Before

  1. 2.24 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14270 days ago · 43 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 1.69 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14270 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 1.818 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14270 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 1.712 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14271 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  5. 2.411 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14271 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 1.99 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14271 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 1.713 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14272 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  8. 2.51 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14273 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 2.024 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14273 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 1.94 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14273 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  11. 2.023 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14273 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 1.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14274 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 2.18 km ESE of Waimea, Hawaii · 14274 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 1.716 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14274 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 1.818 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14274 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 2.439 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14274 days ago · 15 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14275 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 1.54 km SSE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14275 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  19. 1.915 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14275 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 1.822 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14276 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv249736. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:52 PM UTC.