M2.6 earthquake 4 km W of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 4 km W of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Jan 31, 1983, 4:32 PM HST (02:32 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 15 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-02-01 02:32:27 UTC
- Depth
- 23.2 km (14.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.446° N, 155.272° 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, 1.3 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 41°
- Stations used
- 45
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 199 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15951 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.822 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15950 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.04 km S of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15950 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.015 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15950 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.513 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15950 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.916 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15950 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.816 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15950 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15950 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.516 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15950 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.915 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15950 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15950 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15949 days ago · -1 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.523 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15949 days ago · -1 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.515 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15949 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.815 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15949 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.218 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15949 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.513 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15948 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15948 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15948 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.714 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15948 days ago · 40 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.519 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15948 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.119 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15948 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.814 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15948 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.226 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15947 days ago · -3 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.711 km SE of Waikoloa, Hawaii · 15947 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.123 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15947 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.918 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15947 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.113 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15947 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.611 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15947 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.615 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15947 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.57 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15946 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.525 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15946 days ago · -1 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15946 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.615 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15946 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15945 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.18 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15945 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.515 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15945 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.213 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15945 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.214 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15945 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.87 km NE of Kukuihaele, Hawaii · 15944 days ago · 42 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.225 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15944 days ago · -2 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15944 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.39 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15944 days ago · 27 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.48 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15944 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.316 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15944 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.29 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15944 days ago · 26 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15944 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.69 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15944 days ago · 27 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15943 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.22 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 15943 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.326 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15943 days ago · -1 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.625 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15943 days ago · -2 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.018 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15943 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15943 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.816 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15943 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15942 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.819 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15942 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.513 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15942 days ago · 40 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.411 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15942 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15942 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
The first 60 of 199.
Before
- 1.815 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15951 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15951 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.918 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15951 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.616 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15951 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.616 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15951 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15952 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15952 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.515 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15952 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.812 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 15952 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15953 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.615 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15953 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15954 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15954 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.521 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15955 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15955 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15955 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.515 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15955 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.928 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15955 days ago · 47 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.95 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15955 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.06 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15955 days ago · 0 km deep · 7 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19831037. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:43 PM UTC.