M2.4 earthquake 7 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 7 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Feb 16, 1982, 11:48 AM HST (21:48 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 15 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-02-16 21:48:26 UTC
- Depth
- 2.2 km (1.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.386° N, 155.278° 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, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 35°
- Stations used
- 24
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and 198 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.713 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16297 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.521 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16297 days ago · 11 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.08 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16297 days ago · 33 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.05 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16297 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16296 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.416 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16296 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16296 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.012 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16296 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16296 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.87 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16295 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.15 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16295 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.510 km N of Naalehu, Hawaii · 16295 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.324 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16295 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.020 km N of Pāhala, HI · 16295 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16295 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.513 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16294 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.04 km SW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 16294 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.410 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16294 days ago · 35 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.810 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16293 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.27 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16293 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.86 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16293 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.38 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16293 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16293 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.111 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 16292 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16292 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.814 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16292 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16292 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16292 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.125 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16291 days ago · -1 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.3Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16291 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.322 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16291 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.315 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16290 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.67 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16290 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.722 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16290 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16290 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.415 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 16290 days ago · 31 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16289 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.47 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16289 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.65 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16289 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.529 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16289 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.05 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16289 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.94 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16289 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.36 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16288 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.318 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16288 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.35 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16288 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.925 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16288 days ago · -1 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.24 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16288 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.017 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16288 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16288 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.310 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16287 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.213 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16287 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.513 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16287 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16287 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16287 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16287 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.97 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16287 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.48 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16287 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16287 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16287 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.05 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16287 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.227 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16297 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.913 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16298 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.215 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16298 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.55 km E of Kealakekua, Hawaii · 16298 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16298 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 4.314 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16298 days ago · 31 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.720 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16298 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16298 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.011 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16298 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.816 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16298 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.415 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16299 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.614 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16300 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16300 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.314 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 16300 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.614 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16300 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.06 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16300 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16300 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.111 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 16301 days ago · 38 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.415 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16301 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16301 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19820472. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:10 PM UTC.