M2.5 earthquake 13 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 13 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii on Sat, Oct 8, 1983, 4:29 AM HST (14:29 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.7 22 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
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-10-08 14:29:35 UTC
- Depth
- 6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.343° N, 155.104° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- 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: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 199 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.69 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 15697 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15697 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.59 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 15697 days ago · 46 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.715 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15696 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15696 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.523 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15696 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15695 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.117 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15694 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.511 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15694 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.018 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15694 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15694 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.225 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15694 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.323 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15694 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15693 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15693 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.917 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15693 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15692 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.43 km SW of Ainaloa, Hawaii · 15692 days ago · 41 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.522 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15692 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.622 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15691 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.222 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15691 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15691 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15691 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.48 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15690 days ago · 11 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.210 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15690 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.79 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15690 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.627 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 15690 days ago · 20 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15689 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.220 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15689 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.526 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15689 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.515 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15688 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.220 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15688 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15688 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.525 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15688 days ago · -2 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15688 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.914 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15688 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15687 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15687 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15687 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.216 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15687 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.422 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15687 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.522 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15687 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15686 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15686 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.521 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15686 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15686 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.029 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15686 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15686 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.84 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15686 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.96 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15686 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.419 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15685 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15685 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15684 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.813 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15684 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.917 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15684 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.212 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15683 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15683 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.919 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15683 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.28 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 15683 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.919 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15683 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 3.934 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 15698 days ago · 13 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15698 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15698 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.321 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15699 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.611 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15699 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.924 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15699 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.022 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15699 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.122 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15700 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15700 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.614 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15700 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.113 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15700 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15700 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.313 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 15700 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.316 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15701 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.218 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15701 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15701 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.616 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15701 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15701 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15701 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.715 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15701 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19832721. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:30 PM UTC.