M1.8 earthquake 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, Jan 9, 1988, 10:13 AM HST (20:13 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 13 km SSE 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
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1988-01-09 20:13:19 UTC
- Depth
- 7.5 km (4.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.325° N, 155.182° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 35
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 80 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.813 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14143 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.25 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14143 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14143 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.811 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14143 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14142 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.425 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14142 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.212 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14142 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.26 km SSE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 14142 days ago · 18 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.95 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14142 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.814 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14141 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.29 km SSE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 14141 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.421 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 14141 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14141 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.03 km ENE of Puako, Hawaii · 14141 days ago · 12 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14140 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14140 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.323 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14140 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.324 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14139 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.626 km SSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14139 days ago · 25 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.222 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14138 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.025 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14138 days ago · 22 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14137 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14137 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.67 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14137 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.516 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14137 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.123 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14137 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.221 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14136 days ago · 31 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.824 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14136 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.422 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14136 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14135 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.818 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14135 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14135 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.614 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14135 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.118 km ESE of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii · 14135 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.28 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14134 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.58 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14134 days ago · 50 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14134 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.625 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14133 days ago · 41 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.328 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14133 days ago · 25 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.216 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14133 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.817 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14133 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.417 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14133 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.09 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 14133 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.917 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14132 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.623 km E of P?pa‘ikou, Hawaii · 14132 days ago · 46 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.814 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14132 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.25 km SW of Honomu, Hawaii · 14131 days ago · 34 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14131 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.822 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14131 days ago · 45 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.49 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14131 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.4Hawaii region, Hawaii · 14130 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14130 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.19 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14130 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.08 km W of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14130 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.45 km WSW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14130 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.07 km SE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14130 days ago · -1 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.38 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14130 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.913 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 14130 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.49 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14130 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14130 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
The first 60 of 200.
Before
- 1.625 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14144 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.917 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14144 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.47 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14145 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.815 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14146 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.221 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14147 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14147 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.914 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14147 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.49 km SSE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 14147 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14148 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.117 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14148 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14149 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14149 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.310 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14150 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.916 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14150 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.46 km SSW of Volcano, HI · 14150 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14150 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14151 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.613 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14151 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14151 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.615 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14152 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
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