M2.3 earthquake 15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 15 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Sep 8, 1982, 6:04 AM HST (16:04 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
- 2.3 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-09-08 16:04:20 UTC
- Depth
- 7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.302° N, 155.226° 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
- 86°
- Stations used
- 40
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 170 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16091 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16091 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16091 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.712 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16091 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.919 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16090 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.27 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16090 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.714 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16090 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.58 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16090 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.87 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16090 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.516 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16090 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.523 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 16089 days ago · 46 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.918 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16088 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.619 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16088 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.27 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16088 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.08 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 16088 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.923 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16088 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.222 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16088 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.412 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16088 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.223 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16088 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.55 km W of Kukuihaele, Hawaii · 16087 days ago · 24 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16087 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.222 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16087 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.115 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16087 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.514 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16087 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.513 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16087 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.018 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16086 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.011 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16086 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16086 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16086 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.522 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16086 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.222 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16086 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.615 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16086 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.111 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16086 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.215 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16086 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.214 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16086 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.513 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16086 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16086 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.412 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16085 days ago · 10 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16085 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.326 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16085 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16085 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16085 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16085 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.611 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 16085 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.013 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16085 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.731 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16085 days ago · 37 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.617 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16085 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.918 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16085 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.518 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16085 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16084 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.014 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16084 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16084 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16084 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16083 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.414 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16083 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16083 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.423 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16083 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.115 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16083 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.611 km N of Naalehu, Hawaii · 16083 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.914 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16082 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
The first 60 of 199.
Before
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16091 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.710 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16091 days ago · 32 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.518 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16091 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.915 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16091 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.113 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16091 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.56 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16092 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16092 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16092 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16092 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16092 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16092 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16092 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16093 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.83 km ENE of Mountain View, Hawaii · 16093 days ago · 17 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.233 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16093 days ago · -2 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16093 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.53 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 16093 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.831 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 16094 days ago · 43 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16094 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.918 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16094 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19823116. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:56 PM UTC.