M3.3 earthquake 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Nov 14, 1987, 5:38 AM HST (15:38 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 12 km W 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
- 3.3 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1987-11-14 15:38:08 UTC
- Depth
- 9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.322° N, 155.197° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 45
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 81 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.822 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14200 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14200 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14199 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14199 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14199 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.318 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14198 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.617 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14198 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14198 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14197 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.94 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14197 days ago · 18 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.616 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14197 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.427 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14197 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.313 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14196 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14196 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.520 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14195 days ago · 29 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.411 km S of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14195 days ago · 43 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.813 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14195 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.413 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14195 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.125 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14195 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.36 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14194 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.615 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14194 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.28 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14194 days ago · 29 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14194 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.024 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14193 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.19 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14193 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.011 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14193 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.68 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14192 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14192 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14192 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.35 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14192 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14192 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.65 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14192 days ago · 17 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.57 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14191 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14191 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.19 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14191 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.218 km WNW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 14191 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.23 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14191 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.25 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14191 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.326 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14191 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.75 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14191 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14191 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.66 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14191 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14191 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.26 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14191 days ago · 15 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.517 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14191 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.15 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14191 days ago · 14 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.711 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14191 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.35 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14191 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.15 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14190 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.13 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14190 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.63 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14190 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.32 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14190 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14190 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.817 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14190 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.525 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14190 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.94 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14189 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.325 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14189 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.816 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14188 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.810 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14188 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.98 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14187 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14200 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14202 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.712 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14202 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14204 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.124 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14205 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14205 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.89 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14205 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.125 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14205 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.028 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14207 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.526 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14207 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.813 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14207 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.76 km SSE of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 14207 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.59 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14208 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.925 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14208 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.821 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14208 days ago · 43 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.58 km W of Waimea, Hawaii · 14208 days ago · 30 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.31 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14209 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.829 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 14209 days ago · 17 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.818 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14209 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14209 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
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