M2.3 earthquake 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Fri, Mar 4, 1983, 4:40 PM HST (02:40 UTC), 5 km (3 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
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-03-05 02:40:03 UTC
- Depth
- 5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.310° N, 155.217° 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, 0.8 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 89°
- Stations used
- 41
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 147 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.018 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15920 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.416 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15920 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.719 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15919 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.515 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15919 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15919 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.318 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15919 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.618 km SSE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15919 days ago · 36 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15919 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.615 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15919 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15919 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15918 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.523 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15918 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.619 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15918 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.23 km NW of Mountain View, Hawaii · 15918 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.415 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15917 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.016 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15917 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.614 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15916 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.918 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15916 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.612 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 15916 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15915 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.013 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15915 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.513 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15915 days ago · 34 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15915 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15915 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15915 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.018 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15914 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.86 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 15914 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.910 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15914 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.311 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15914 days ago · 44 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.724 km NW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 15914 days ago · 35 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15914 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.915 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15914 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.021 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15913 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.55 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15913 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.314 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15913 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.815 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15913 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.425 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15913 days ago · -2 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15912 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15912 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.715 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15912 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.97 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 15911 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.23 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15911 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.24 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15911 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.629 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 15911 days ago · 25 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.36 km N of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15910 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.67 km N of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15910 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.27 km N of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15910 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.215 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15910 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.910 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15909 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15909 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15909 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.212 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15909 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15909 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.516 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15908 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15908 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.38 km N of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15908 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15908 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15907 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.524 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15907 days ago · -3 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15907 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.115 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15920 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.115 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15920 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15920 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.620 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15920 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.214 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15920 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.611 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15920 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.623 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15921 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15921 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15921 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.418 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15921 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.29 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15921 days ago · 25 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15921 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.123 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15922 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.523 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15922 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.214 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15922 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.025 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15922 days ago · -2 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.628 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15922 days ago · -3 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.82 km WSW of Ainaloa, Hawaii · 15922 days ago · 50 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.214 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15922 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.523 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15923 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19831282. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:17 PM UTC.