M2.8 earthquake 16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Fri, Feb 12, 1988, 10:48 PM HST

UTC

1988-02-13 08:48:34 UTC

Depth

9.9 km (6.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.293° N, 155.214° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.3 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.08

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

139°

Stations used

49

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast17 kmS
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast42 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast355 kmSE

After

1. 2.218 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 13, 1:21 AM HST · 14113 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
2. 1.818 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 13, 1:59 AM HST · 14113 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
3. 1.814 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Feb 13, 9:58 AM HST · 14112 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
4. 1.613 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Feb 13, 4:11 PM HST · 14112 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
5. 1.816 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Feb 13, 5:52 PM HST · 14112 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
6. 1.814 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Feb 13, 10:07 PM HST · 14112 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
7. 2.17 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 14, 9:50 AM HST · 14111 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
8. 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Feb 14, 3:40 PM HST · 14111 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
9. 2.98 km S of Honoka‘a, HawaiiSun, Feb 14, 3:58 PM HST · 14111 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
10. 1.716 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Feb 14, 4:50 PM HST · 14111 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
11. 2.67 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Feb 15, 12:10 AM HST · 14111 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
12. 2.35 km NNE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 15, 12:41 AM HST · 14111 days ago · -1 km deep · 22 km away
13. 1.7Hawaii region, HawaiiMon, Feb 15, 5:46 AM HST · 14110 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
14. 2.52 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 15, 2:35 PM HST · 14110 days ago · 12 km deep · 17 km away
15. 2.18 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 15, 2:55 PM HST · 14110 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
16. 2.21 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 15, 4:29 PM HST · 14110 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
17. 1.94 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 15, 5:49 PM HST · 14110 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
18. 2.19 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 15, 6:45 PM HST · 14110 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
19. 2.18 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 15, 8:01 PM HST · 14110 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
20. 2.15 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 15, 9:15 PM HST · 14110 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
21. 2.06 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 15, 10:38 PM HST · 14110 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
22. 2.42 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 16, 12:34 AM HST · 14110 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
23. 2.72 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 16, 2:29 AM HST · 14110 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
24. 2.35 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 16, 3:03 AM HST · 14110 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
25. 2.01 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 16, 11:50 AM HST · 14109 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
26. 2.87 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 16, 2:10 PM HST · 14109 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
27. 2.55 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 16, 3:45 PM HST · 14109 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
28. 2.513 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Feb 16, 8:12 PM HST · 14109 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
29. 2.810 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 16, 8:35 PM HST · 14109 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
30. 1.85 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 17, 12:02 AM HST · 14109 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
31. 2.7Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Feb 17, 1:30 AM HST · 14109 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
32. 2.58 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 17, 1:32 AM HST · 14109 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
33. 2.16 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 17, 2:45 AM HST · 14109 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
34. 2.14 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 17, 4:40 AM HST · 14108 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
35. 2.113 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 17, 7:13 AM HST · 14108 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
36. 2.77 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 17, 8:00 AM HST · 14108 days ago · 35 km deep · 12 km away
37. 2.39 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 17, 9:17 AM HST · 14108 days ago · -1 km deep · 14 km away
38. 2.55 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 17, 9:19 AM HST · 14108 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
39. 2.04 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 17, 11:52 AM HST · 14108 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
40. 2.811 km NW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 17, 1:13 PM HST · 14108 days ago · 11 km deep · 28 km away
41. 2.313 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 17, 3:34 PM HST · 14108 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
42. 2.61 km NNW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 17, 4:38 PM HST · 14108 days ago · 27 km deep · 18 km away
43. 2.017 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 17, 5:18 PM HST · 14108 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
44. 2.62 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 17, 6:25 PM HST · 14108 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away
45. 2.513 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Feb 17, 8:01 PM HST · 14108 days ago · 14 km deep · 18 km away
46. 2.26 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 17, 9:31 PM HST · 14108 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
47. 2.26 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 17, 10:52 PM HST · 14108 days ago · 12 km deep · 11 km away
48. 2.57 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 18, 12:21 AM HST · 14108 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
49. 2.411 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 18, 1:01 AM HST · 14108 days ago · 16 km deep · 5 km away
50. 2.68 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 18, 2:51 AM HST · 14108 days ago · 14 km deep · 9 km away
51. 2.34 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 18, 4:48 AM HST · 14107 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
52. 2.15 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 18, 5:55 AM HST · 14107 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
53. 2.23 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 18, 8:09 AM HST · 14107 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
54. 2.710 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 18, 8:59 AM HST · 14107 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
55. 2.83 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 18, 9:16 AM HST · 14107 days ago · 24 km deep · 17 km away
56. 2.63 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 18, 10:26 AM HST · 14107 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
57. 2.24 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 18, 11:12 AM HST · 14107 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
58. 2.536 km ESE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Feb 18, 11:32 AM HST · 14107 days ago · 19 km deep · 23 km away
59. 2.84 km SW of Kailua-Kona, HawaiiThu, Feb 18, 11:42 AM HST · 14107 days ago · 40 km deep · 92 km away
60. 2.59 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 18, 11:51 AM HST · 14107 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

1. 2.616 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Feb 12, 9:55 PM HST · 14113 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
2. 2.115 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Feb 12, 7:54 PM HST · 14113 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
3. 1.916 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Feb 12, 7:52 PM HST · 14113 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
4. 1.611 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Feb 11, 1:05 AM HST · 14115 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
5. 1.94 km WSW of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Feb 10, 2:07 PM HST · 14115 days ago · 37 km deep · 34 km away
6. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 10, 1:53 PM HST · 14115 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
7. 3.015 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Feb 10, 3:26 AM HST · 14116 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
8. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Feb 10, 12:22 AM HST · 14116 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
9. 1.710 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiTue, Feb 9, 10:13 PM HST · 14116 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
10. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 9, 12:51 PM HST · 14116 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
11. 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Feb 9, 10:30 AM HST · 14116 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
12. 1.61 km E of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Feb 9, 9:43 AM HST · 14116 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
13. 2.014 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Feb 9, 5:09 AM HST · 14116 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
14. 2.916 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Feb 9, 12:41 AM HST · 14117 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
15. 2.08 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 8, 1:49 PM HST · 14117 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
16. 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Feb 8, 11:02 AM HST · 14117 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
17. 2.25 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Feb 7, 4:47 PM HST · 14118 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
18. 2.912 km NW of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiSun, Feb 7, 7:49 AM HST · 14118 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
19. 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Feb 6, 10:43 PM HST · 14119 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
20. 2.216 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Feb 6, 6:10 PM HST · 14119 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv263513. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 1:25 AM UTC.