M2.6 earthquake 16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 16 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Sep 1, 1982, 12:44 AM HST (10:44 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 38 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-09-01 10:44:18 UTC
- Depth
- 8.3 km (5.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.298° N, 155.272° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 122°
- Stations used
- 39
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 181 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.714 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16098 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.218 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16097 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.516 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16097 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.414 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16096 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.816 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16096 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16096 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.919 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16096 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.611 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16096 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.913 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16095 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.753 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16095 days ago · 46 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.716 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16095 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.820 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16094 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16094 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16094 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.916 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16094 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16094 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.111 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16094 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.87 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16093 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16093 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.918 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16093 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16093 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.831 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 16093 days ago · 43 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.53 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16093 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16093 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.233 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16093 days ago · -2 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.83 km ENE of Mountain View, Hawaii · 16092 days ago · 17 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16092 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16092 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16092 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16092 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16092 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16092 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16091 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.56 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16091 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.113 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16091 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.915 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16091 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.518 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16091 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.710 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16091 days ago · 32 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16091 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.315 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16091 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16090 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16090 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16090 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.712 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16090 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.919 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16090 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.27 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16090 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.714 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16090 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.58 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16090 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.87 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16090 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.516 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16089 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.523 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 16089 days ago · 46 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.918 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16088 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.619 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16088 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.27 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16088 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.08 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 16088 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.923 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16088 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.222 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16088 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.412 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16087 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.223 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16087 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.55 km W of Kukuihaele, Hawaii · 16087 days ago · 24 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of 199.
Before
- 2.420 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16098 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.317 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16098 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16098 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.113 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16098 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16098 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16098 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16098 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.09 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16099 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.614 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16099 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16100 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.515 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16100 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.014 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16100 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16100 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16100 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.115 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16100 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.012 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16100 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.23 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16100 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.30 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16101 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16101 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.018 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16101 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19823063. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:38 AM UTC.