M2.5 earthquake 14 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 14 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Jul 20, 1982, 7:09 PM HST (05:09 UTC), 9 km (5 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
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-07-21 05:09:36 UTC
- Depth
- 8.6 km (5.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.318° N, 155.264° 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
- ±0.03
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 41
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
- 2.113 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16141 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.320 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16141 days ago · 39 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.017 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16141 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.611 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16141 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16141 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.014 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16141 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.07 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16141 days ago · 16 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.214 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16140 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.015 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16140 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.413 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16140 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.520 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16140 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16140 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.016 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16140 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.512 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16140 days ago · 34 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.320 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16139 days ago · 40 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.312 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16139 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.311 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 16139 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.613 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16139 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16139 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.412 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16138 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.314 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16138 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16138 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.126 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16138 days ago · 46 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16138 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.313 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16138 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16138 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.917 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16138 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16138 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16138 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.920 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16137 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.413 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16137 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16137 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.016 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16137 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.016 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16137 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16137 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.320 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16137 days ago · 41 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16137 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.613 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16137 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.213 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16137 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.918 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16137 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.05 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16136 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16136 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.811 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16136 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.713 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16135 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.421 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16135 days ago · 43 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16135 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.68 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16135 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.56 km SSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16135 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.626 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16135 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16135 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.017 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16134 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.011 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16134 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.016 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16134 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.610 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16134 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.513 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16134 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.015 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16133 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.017 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16133 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.614 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16133 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.812 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16133 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.613 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16133 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 1.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16142 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16142 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.617 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16142 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.616 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16142 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.713 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16142 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.213 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16142 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.313 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16142 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.44 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16142 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16142 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.23 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16143 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.015 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16143 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.28 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16143 days ago · 25 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.313 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16143 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.813 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16143 days ago · 2 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.511 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16143 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16143 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.938 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 16144 days ago · 13 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16144 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.08 km NE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 16144 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.123 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16144 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19822692. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:33 PM UTC.