M2.8 earthquake 16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Jan 13, 1982, 1:27 PM HST (23:27 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.6 7 km W 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
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-01-13 23:27:11 UTC
- Depth
- 9.4 km (5.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.298° N, 155.213° 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, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 141°
- Stations used
- 43
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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.515 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16330 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.56 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16330 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.77 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16330 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.57 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16330 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.110 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16330 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16329 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16329 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.313 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16329 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16329 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16329 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16329 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.610 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16329 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.714 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16328 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.61 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16328 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16328 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.616 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16328 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.86 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16328 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.27 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16328 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.012 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16328 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.77 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16328 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.18 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16327 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.87 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16327 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.320 km W of Wainaku, Hawaii · 16327 days ago · 25 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.317 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16327 days ago · 31 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16327 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.57 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16327 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.49 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16327 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.57 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16327 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16327 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.77 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16327 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16327 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16327 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16327 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16327 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.314 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 16326 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.516 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16326 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16326 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.919 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16326 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.53 km E of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 16326 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.60 km WSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 16326 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.114 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16325 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16324 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.016 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16324 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16324 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16324 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.78 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16324 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16323 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.116 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16323 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16323 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.919 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16323 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16322 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 5.612 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 16322 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.69 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16322 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.85 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 16322 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.912 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 16322 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.67 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 16322 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.98 km SW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16322 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.06 km SW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16322 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.98 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 16322 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.97 km SW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16322 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 2.625 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16330 days ago · -3 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.313 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 16330 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.57 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16330 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.19 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16331 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.77 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16331 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.27 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16331 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16331 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.76 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16331 days ago · 1 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.612 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16331 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.117 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16331 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.615 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16331 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.012 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16331 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.317 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16331 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.539 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 16332 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.97 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16332 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.37 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16332 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16332 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16332 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.45 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16332 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.86 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16332 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19820110. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:15 AM UTC.