Hawaii earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Feb 9, 1988, 12:51 PM HST (22:51 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.9 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1988-02-09 22:51:31 UTC
Depth
6.2 km (3.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.318° N, 155.192° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
103°
Stations used
33

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 126 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.710 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14117 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14117 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 3.015 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14117 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14116 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 1.94 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 14116 days ago · 37 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 1.611 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14116 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 1.916 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14114 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 2.115 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14114 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 2.616 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14114 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 2.816 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14114 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  11. 2.218 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14114 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 1.818 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14114 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 1.814 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14113 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 1.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14113 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 1.816 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14113 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  16. 1.814 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14113 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  17. 2.17 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14113 days ago · 17 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14112 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 2.98 km S of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 14112 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.716 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14112 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  21. 2.67 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14112 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  22. 2.35 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14112 days ago · -1 km deep · 19 km away
  23. 1.7Hawaii region, Hawaii · 14112 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  24. 2.52 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14111 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
  25. 2.18 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14111 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
  26. 2.21 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14111 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
  27. 1.94 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14111 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  28. 2.19 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14111 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  29. 2.18 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 14111 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  30. 2.15 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14111 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  31. 2.06 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14111 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  32. 2.42 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14111 days ago · 17 km deep · 15 km away
  33. 2.72 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14111 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
  34. 2.35 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14111 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  35. 2.01 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14110 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  36. 2.87 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14110 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  37. 2.55 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14110 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  38. 2.513 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14110 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  39. 2.810 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14110 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  40. 1.85 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14110 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
  41. 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14110 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  42. 2.58 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14110 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  43. 2.16 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14110 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  44. 2.14 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14110 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  45. 2.113 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14110 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away
  46. 2.77 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14110 days ago · 35 km deep · 11 km away
  47. 2.39 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14110 days ago · -1 km deep · 14 km away
  48. 2.55 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14110 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  49. 2.04 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14109 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  50. 2.811 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14109 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away
  51. 2.313 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14109 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  52. 2.61 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14109 days ago · 27 km deep · 16 km away
  53. 2.017 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14109 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  54. 2.62 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14109 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away
  55. 2.513 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14109 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
  56. 2.26 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14109 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
  57. 2.26 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14109 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away
  58. 2.57 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14109 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  59. 2.411 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 14109 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
  60. 2.68 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14109 days ago · 14 km deep · 8 km away

The first 60 of 199.

Before

  1. 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14117 days ago · 11 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 1.61 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 14118 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 2.014 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14118 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 2.916 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14118 days ago · 35 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 2.08 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14118 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 14118 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 2.25 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 14119 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.912 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 14120 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14120 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 2.216 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14120 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 2.015 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 14120 days ago · 40 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 2.25 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14120 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 2.34 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 14121 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 1.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14121 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  15. 1.822 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 14121 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 2.09 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 14121 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 2.315 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 14121 days ago · -1 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 1.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 14122 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 2.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 14122 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
  20. 2.110 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 14122 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away

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