M1.8 earthquake 16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Jul 15, 1982, 3:39 AM HST (13:39 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 4 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
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-07-15 13:39:52 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.297° N, 155.255° 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, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.15
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 116°
- Stations used
- 26
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.020 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16149 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16149 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16149 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.77 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16149 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.017 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16149 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16148 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.914 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16148 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.516 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16148 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.022 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16148 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.515 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16148 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16148 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.311 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16148 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.212 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16148 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.813 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16148 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.714 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16148 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.813 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16148 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.013 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16148 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.414 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16147 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.714 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16147 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16147 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.013 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16147 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.614 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16147 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.55 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16147 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.517 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16147 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.423 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16147 days ago · 42 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.013 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16147 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.122 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16147 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.123 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16146 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.08 km NE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 16146 days ago · 12 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16146 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.938 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 16146 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16146 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.511 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16146 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.813 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16145 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.313 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16145 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.28 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16145 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.015 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16145 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.23 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16145 days ago · 14 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16145 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.44 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16144 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.313 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16144 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.213 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16144 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.713 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16144 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.616 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16144 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.617 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16144 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16144 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16144 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.514 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16144 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.113 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16143 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.320 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16143 days ago · 39 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.017 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16143 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.611 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16143 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16143 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.014 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16143 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16143 days ago · 16 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.214 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16142 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.015 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16142 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.413 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16142 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.520 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16142 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16142 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.616 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16149 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.02 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16149 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.914 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16149 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.518 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16150 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16150 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.319 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16150 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.911 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 16150 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16150 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16150 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.117 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16150 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.013 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16150 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16150 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16150 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.015 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16150 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.915 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16151 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.715 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16151 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16151 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.915 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16151 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.414 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16151 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16151 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
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