Hawaii earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii on Fri, Jan 7, 1983, 7:20 AM HST (17:20 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 12 km W of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1983-01-07 17:20:14 UTC
Depth
1.5 km (0.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.405° N, 155.280° 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, 0.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
93°
Stations used
14

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.88 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 1.59 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 1.611 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 2.55 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 1.59 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 2.26 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 2 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 2.59 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 2.09 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 1.59 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  10. 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 1.86 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
  12. 1.512 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 1.615 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 1.59 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 2.120 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 1.76 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 1.69 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 2.817 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
  21. 2.24 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  22. 2.615 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  23. 1.816 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  24. 2.15 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15974 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  25. 2.16 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15974 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  26. 1.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15974 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  27. 1.816 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15974 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  28. 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15974 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  29. 1.613 km SE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 15974 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  30. 1.617 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15974 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  31. 1.715 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15974 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  32. 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15974 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  33. 1.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15974 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  34. 3.58 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15974 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
  35. 2.118 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15974 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  36. 1.614 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15974 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
  37. 2.311 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15974 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  38. 1.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15974 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  39. 2.510 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 15973 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
  40. 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15973 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  41. 1.916 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15973 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  42. 1.815 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15973 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  43. 1.510 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15973 days ago · 25 km deep · 4 km away
  44. 1.613 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15973 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  45. 1.716 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15973 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  46. 2.415 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15973 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  47. 1.910 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15973 days ago · 25 km deep · 6 km away
  48. 1.615 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 15972 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
  49. 2.014 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15972 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  50. 1.515 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15972 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  51. 2.512 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HI · 15972 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
  52. 1.612 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15971 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  53. 1.612 km S of Volcano, HI · 15971 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  54. 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15971 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  55. 1.615 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15971 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  56. 2.76 km NNW of Kea‘au, Hawaii · 15971 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  57. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15971 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  58. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15970 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  59. 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15970 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  60. 1.714 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15970 days ago · 28 km deep · 18 km away

The first 60 of 200.

Before

  1. 1.510 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 1.95 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.59 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 2.310 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 1.510 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away
  6. 1.710 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 1.95 km SSW of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 1.610 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 1.59 km SE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 0 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 2.06 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 2.56 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 2.16 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 1.68 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 2.017 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 1.710 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 1.88 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 1.710 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 1.710 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 1.810 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 2.45 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15975 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19830604. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 9:34 PM UTC.