M1.9 earthquake 15 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.9 (ml), micro

Local time

Sun, May 23, 1982, 8:04 AM HST

UTC

1982-05-23 18:04:08 UTC

Depth

8.8 km (5.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.410° N, 155.380° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.3 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.02

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

41°

Stations used

31

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast16 kmWSW
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast47 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast334 kmSE

After

1. 2.36 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 23, 9:06 AM HST · 16198 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
2. 2.521 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 23, 10:58 AM HST · 16198 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
3. 2.27 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 23, 12:38 PM HST · 16198 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
4. 2.19 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 23, 12:52 PM HST · 16198 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
5. 1.88 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 23, 2:48 PM HST · 16198 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
6. 2.06 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 23, 4:55 PM HST · 16198 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
7. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 23, 6:22 PM HST · 16198 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
8. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSun, May 23, 6:52 PM HST · 16198 days ago · 0 km deep · 12 km away
9. 2.05 km WSW of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, May 24, 12:05 AM HST · 16198 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
10. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 24, 12:08 AM HST · 16198 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
11. 2.77 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 24, 12:42 AM HST · 16198 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
12. 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, May 24, 5:31 AM HST · 16197 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
13. 2.521 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, May 24, 9:33 AM HST · 16197 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
14. 2.721 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, May 24, 10:51 AM HST · 16197 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
15. 1.98 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 24, 6:55 PM HST · 16197 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
16. 1.87 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 24, 8:00 PM HST · 16197 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
17. 1.611 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, May 24, 9:08 PM HST · 16197 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
18. 2.818 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, May 25, 1:33 AM HST · 16197 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
19. 1.914 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, May 25, 8:28 PM HST · 16196 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
20. 1.615 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, May 25, 11:08 PM HST · 16196 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
21. 2.024 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, May 26, 1:04 AM HST · 16196 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
22. 2.211 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, May 26, 2:52 PM HST · 16195 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
23. 2.113 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, May 26, 7:09 PM HST · 16195 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
24. 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, May 27, 5:28 AM HST · 16194 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
25. 2.66 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 27, 9:16 AM HST · 16194 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
26. 1.97 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 27, 9:52 AM HST · 16194 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
27. 1.711 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 27, 10:18 AM HST · 16194 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
28. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 27, 10:44 AM HST · 16194 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
29. 2.212 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 27, 12:32 PM HST · 16194 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
30. 3.110 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 27, 3:28 PM HST · 16194 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
31. 1.513 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 27, 3:55 PM HST · 16194 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
32. 2.18 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 27, 4:26 PM HST · 16194 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
33. 1.85 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 27, 9:45 PM HST · 16194 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
34. 2.220 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 27, 9:54 PM HST · 16194 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
35. 1.58 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiThu, May 27, 10:20 PM HST · 16194 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
36. 2.113 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 28, 1:56 AM HST · 16194 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
37. 2.015 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, May 28, 7:21 AM HST · 16193 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
38. 2.58 km W of P?hala, HawaiiFri, May 28, 8:20 AM HST · 16193 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
39. 2.118 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, May 28, 1:27 PM HST · 16193 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
40. 2.06 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 28, 1:33 PM HST · 16193 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
41. 1.67 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 28, 6:43 PM HST · 16193 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
42. 2.09 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 28, 7:57 PM HST · 16193 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
43. 2.16 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 28, 9:54 PM HST · 16193 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
44. 1.926 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 28, 11:58 PM HST · 16193 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
45. 2.826 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 29, 12:05 AM HST · 16193 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
46. 1.65 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 29, 12:22 AM HST · 16193 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
47. 2.015 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, May 29, 6:32 AM HST · 16192 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
48. 2.07 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 29, 12:35 PM HST · 16192 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
49. 1.98 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 29, 2:09 PM HST · 16192 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
50. 1.87 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 29, 3:29 PM HST · 16192 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
51. 3.67 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 29, 5:43 PM HST · 16192 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
52. 1.77 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 29, 5:56 PM HST · 16192 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
53. 2.221 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 29, 6:53 PM HST · 16192 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
54. 2.77 km NNE of Kea‘au, HawaiiSat, May 29, 7:04 PM HST · 16192 days ago · 37 km deep · 49 km away
55. 2.114 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 29, 7:32 PM HST · 16192 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
56. 1.97 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 29, 8:42 PM HST · 16192 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
57. 3.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 29, 10:10 PM HST · 16192 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
58. 2.36 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 29, 10:55 PM HST · 16192 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
59. 2.34 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 29, 11:01 PM HST · 16192 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
60. 2.124 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, May 29, 11:48 PM HST · 16192 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

1. 2.525 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, May 23, 4:21 AM HST · 16199 days ago · -1 km deep · 26 km away
2. 2.725 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, May 23, 3:48 AM HST · 16199 days ago · -1 km deep · 26 km away
3. 1.98 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, May 23, 12:15 AM HST · 16199 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
4. 1.627 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSat, May 22, 9:45 PM HST · 16199 days ago · -3 km deep · 24 km away
5. 2.514 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 22, 2:09 PM HST · 16199 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
6. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 22, 12:15 PM HST · 16199 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
7. 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 22, 8:50 AM HST · 16199 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
8. 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 22, 8:32 AM HST · 16199 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
9. 2.113 km W of Kalaoa, HawaiiSat, May 22, 3:04 AM HST · 16200 days ago · 34 km deep · 83 km away
10. 2.210 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, May 22, 2:38 AM HST · 16200 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
11. 1.910 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 21, 11:25 PM HST · 16200 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
12. 2.113 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, May 21, 10:32 PM HST · 16200 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
13. 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, May 21, 5:57 PM HST · 16200 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
14. 2.115 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 21, 5:44 PM HST · 16200 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
15. 2.27 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, May 21, 2:54 PM HST · 16200 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
16. 3.014 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, May 21, 1:42 PM HST · 16200 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
17. 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, May 20, 11:14 AM HST · 16201 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
18. 2.68 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 20, 11:14 AM HST · 16201 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
19. 2.48 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 20, 6:11 AM HST · 16201 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
20. 2.320 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, May 20, 4:43 AM HST · 16202 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19821285. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:52 AM UTC.