M2.3 earthquake 7 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 7 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Feb 1, 1982, 4:38 PM HST (02:38 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 14 km SW 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-02-02 02:38:43 UTC
- Depth
- 1.9 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.386° N, 155.279° 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, 0.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 46°
- 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: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 199 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.87 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16312 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.711 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16312 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.05 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16312 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.217 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16312 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.324 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16312 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16312 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.311 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 16312 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16312 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.917 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16312 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16312 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.18 km WSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 16311 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.011 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16311 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16311 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16311 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.413 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16311 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16311 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.67 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16311 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.013 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16310 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.715 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16310 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.813 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16310 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.221 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16310 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16310 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16309 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.019 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16309 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.211 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16309 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16308 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.814 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16308 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.814 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16308 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.21 km NNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16308 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.25 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 16308 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16307 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16307 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16307 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.717 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16306 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.26 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 16306 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.29 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16306 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16305 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.012 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 16305 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.53 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16305 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.018 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16305 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.17 km NNW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 16305 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16305 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.117 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16304 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16304 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.213 km SW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 16304 days ago · 32 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.611 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16304 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.119 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16304 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.08 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16303 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16303 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.26 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 16303 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.711 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16303 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.415 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16303 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.98 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16303 days ago · 27 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.215 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16303 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.314 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 16303 days ago · 42 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.416 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16302 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16302 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.415 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16301 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.111 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 16301 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16301 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
The first 60 of 199.
Before
- 2.311 km NNE of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 16313 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16313 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.45 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16313 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.42 km N of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16313 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.13 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16313 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.22 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16313 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16313 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.110 km N of Naalehu, Hawaii · 16313 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.53 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16313 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.413 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16314 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.014 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16314 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16314 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.210 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16314 days ago · 26 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.813 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 16315 days ago · -1 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.67 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16315 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16315 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16315 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.77 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16315 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.315 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 16315 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.914 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 16315 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
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