M3.3 earthquake 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

3.3 (ml), minor

Local time

Tue, Dec 21, 1982, 12:12 PM HST

UTC

1982-12-21 22:12:59 UTC

Depth

8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.335° N, 155.190° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.08

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

81°

Stations used

42

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast13 kmSSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast37 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast354 kmSE

After

1. 2.212 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 21, 12:14 PM HST · 15985 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
2. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 21, 12:43 PM HST · 15985 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
3. 1.86 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 21, 2:06 PM HST · 15985 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
4. 2.517 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Dec 21, 2:44 PM HST · 15985 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
5. 1.86 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 21, 3:35 PM HST · 15985 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
6. 2.17 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 21, 3:43 PM HST · 15985 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
7. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Dec 21, 4:12 PM HST · 15985 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
8. 2.06 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 21, 5:51 PM HST · 15985 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
9. 3.36 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 21, 5:56 PM HST · 15985 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
10. 2.27 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 21, 5:57 PM HST · 15985 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
11. 3.06 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 21, 6:01 PM HST · 15985 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
12. 1.86 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 21, 6:53 PM HST · 15985 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
13. 2.76 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 21, 8:30 PM HST · 15985 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
14. 1.89 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 21, 9:17 PM HST · 15985 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
15. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 21, 10:02 PM HST · 15985 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
16. 1.88 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 21, 11:42 PM HST · 15985 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
17. 2.016 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 22, 4:56 AM HST · 15985 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
18. 1.915 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 22, 7:24 AM HST · 15984 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
19. 1.77 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 22, 9:15 AM HST · 15984 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
20. 1.815 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 22, 12:52 PM HST · 15984 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
21. 2.19 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 22, 1:45 PM HST · 15984 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
22. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 22, 4:09 PM HST · 15984 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
23. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 22, 4:25 PM HST · 15984 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
24. 1.87 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 22, 4:39 PM HST · 15984 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
25. 2.28 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 22, 11:27 PM HST · 15984 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
26. 1.89 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 23, 12:16 AM HST · 15984 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
27. 1.72 km NNW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 23, 12:20 AM HST · 15984 days ago · 32 km deep · 15 km away
28. 1.69 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 23, 6:53 AM HST · 15983 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
29. 2.37 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 23, 7:13 AM HST · 15983 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
30. 1.910 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 23, 7:47 AM HST · 15983 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
31. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 23, 1:05 PM HST · 15983 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
32. 2.37 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 23, 4:23 PM HST · 15983 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
33. 1.88 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 23, 5:07 PM HST · 15983 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
34. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Dec 23, 5:49 PM HST · 15983 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
35. 1.89 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 23, 6:05 PM HST · 15983 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
36. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 23, 7:57 PM HST · 15983 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
37. 2.77 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 23, 8:50 PM HST · 15983 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
38. 1.76 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 23, 10:30 PM HST · 15983 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
39. 2.413 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 23, 11:52 PM HST · 15983 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
40. 1.77 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 23, 11:56 PM HST · 15983 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
41. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 24, 11:51 AM HST · 15982 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
42. 2.17 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 24, 3:30 PM HST · 15982 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
43. 2.28 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 24, 3:49 PM HST · 15982 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
44. 1.810 km S of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Dec 24, 5:10 PM HST · 15982 days ago · 30 km deep · 39 km away
45. 2.014 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 24, 8:14 PM HST · 15982 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
46. 2.514 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 24, 8:39 PM HST · 15982 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
47. 1.515 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 24, 8:42 PM HST · 15982 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
48. 2.06 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 24, 9:14 PM HST · 15982 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
49. 1.76 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 25, 2:55 AM HST · 15982 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
50. 1.65 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 25, 3:36 AM HST · 15982 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away
51. 1.620 km SSW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiSat, Dec 25, 4:39 AM HST · 15982 days ago · 36 km deep · 20 km away
52. 2.516 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 25, 5:34 AM HST · 15982 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
53. 1.99 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 25, 5:47 AM HST · 15982 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
54. 3.114 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 25, 12:44 PM HST · 15981 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
55. 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 25, 12:46 PM HST · 15981 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
56. 2.115 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 25, 1:04 PM HST · 15981 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
57. 1.515 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 25, 1:14 PM HST · 15981 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
58. 2.85 km NW of Kailua-Kona, HawaiiSat, Dec 25, 1:29 PM HST · 15981 days ago · 39 km deep · 96 km away
59. 2.27 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 25, 2:46 PM HST · 15981 days ago · 2 km deep · 7 km away
60. 2.44 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 25, 3:24 PM HST · 15981 days ago · 39 km deep · 10 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

1. 2.517 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Dec 21, 11:07 AM HST · 15985 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
2. 2.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 21, 11:03 AM HST · 15985 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
3. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 21, 7:44 AM HST · 15985 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
4. 1.514 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 21, 4:48 AM HST · 15986 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
5. 2.514 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 21, 2:15 AM HST · 15986 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
6. 1.88 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 10:57 PM HST · 15986 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
7. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 8:29 PM HST · 15986 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
8. 1.66 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 6:44 PM HST · 15986 days ago · 0 km deep · 8 km away
9. 2.36 km NNE of Honoka‘a, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 2:05 PM HST · 15986 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
10. 1.816 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 5:45 AM HST · 15987 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
11. 2.06 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 20, 1:26 AM HST · 15987 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
12. 2.017 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 11:10 PM HST · 15987 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
13. 2.714 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 9:45 PM HST · 15987 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
14. 1.614 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 9:23 PM HST · 15987 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
15. 2.516 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 8:48 PM HST · 15987 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
16. 2.415 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 2:51 PM HST · 15987 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
17. 1.88 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 1:17 PM HST · 15987 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
18. 1.66 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 9:57 AM HST · 15987 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
19. 1.98 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 8:21 AM HST · 15987 days ago · 1 km deep · 11 km away
20. 1.96 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 19, 6:21 AM HST · 15988 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19824913. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 3:55 AM UTC.