M2.3 earthquake 8 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 8 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Mar 11, 1980, 9:27 PM HST (07:27 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 21 km N of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-03-12 07:27:58 UTC
- Depth
- 2.0 km (1.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.364° N, 155.218° 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, 0.3 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- Stations used
- 20
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.321 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16979 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.615 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16978 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16978 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.011 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16978 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16977 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16976 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.46 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16976 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.514 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16976 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.520 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16976 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.519 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16976 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.416 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16976 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.328 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16975 days ago · -1 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16975 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.217 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16975 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.216 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16975 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16975 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.224 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16975 days ago · 0 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.116 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16975 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.320 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16975 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.016 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16974 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16974 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16974 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16974 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16974 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.715 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16973 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16973 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.916 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16973 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.617 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16973 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.48 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16972 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.221 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16972 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.723 km NE of Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaii · 16972 days ago · 43 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16972 days ago · 39 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.419 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16972 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.612 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16972 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.729 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16971 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.816 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16971 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.125 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16971 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16970 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16970 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16969 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16969 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.518 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16969 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16969 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.616 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16969 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.626 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16968 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.512 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16968 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.111 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16968 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.913 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 16967 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.417 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16967 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.819 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16967 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.919 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16967 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.020 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16967 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.118 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16967 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16965 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.17 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16965 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.111 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16965 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.811 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16965 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16965 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.213 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16964 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16964 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
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