M1.6 earthquake 17 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 17 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Oct 21, 1982, 7:07 PM HST (05:07 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 21 km W 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
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-10-22 05:07:12 UTC
- Depth
- 3.6 km (2.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.282° N, 155.248° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.01
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 161°
- 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 199 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.617 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16050 days ago · 32 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.212 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16050 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.515 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16050 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.211 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16050 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16050 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.413 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16049 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.514 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16049 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16049 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.616 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16049 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.116 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16049 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.515 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16049 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.013 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16049 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.915 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16049 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.611 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16049 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.017 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16049 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.110 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16049 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16049 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16049 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.06 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16048 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.811 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16048 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16048 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.717 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16048 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.020 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 16048 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.812 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16048 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.230 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 16048 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.413 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16048 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16047 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.910 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16047 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16047 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16047 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.210 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16047 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16046 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.014 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16046 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.99 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16046 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.414 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16046 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.311 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16046 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.06 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16046 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.36 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16046 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.814 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16046 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16046 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.56 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16046 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16046 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16045 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16045 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.915 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16045 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 16045 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.313 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16045 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.011 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16045 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.911 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16045 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16045 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.94 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16045 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.110 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16045 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16045 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16045 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.019 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 16044 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.317 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16044 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16044 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.011 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16044 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.913 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16044 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16044 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.38 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 16050 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.76 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16050 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16050 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16050 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16050 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16050 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.66 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16050 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.58 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 16050 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.616 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16050 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16051 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.413 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16051 days ago · 34 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.612 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16051 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 16051 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16051 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.523 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16051 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.07 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16051 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.712 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16052 days ago · 29 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.916 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 16052 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.114 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 16052 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 16052 days ago · 1 km deep · 12 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19824057. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:00 PM UTC.