Hawaii earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 11 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 11 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Sat, May 28, 1983, 5:55 PM HST (03:55 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 Island of Hawaii, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Local time
UTC
1983-05-29 03:55:56 UTC
Depth
7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.346° N, 155.206° 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, 0.6 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
83°
Stations used
28

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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 148 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.91 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 15834 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15834 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  3. 1.515 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15834 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 2.42 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 15833 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15833 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  6. 1.821 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15833 days ago · 45 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 1.915 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15832 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 2.014 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15832 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 2.915 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15832 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 2.024 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15832 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15832 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 3.315 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15832 days ago · 22 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 1.812 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15831 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15831 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15831 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 2.126 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15831 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  17. 2.111 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15831 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 2.111 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15830 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 2.41 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 15830 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
  20. 2.126 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15830 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  21. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15830 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  22. 2.118 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15829 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  23. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15829 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  24. 1.616 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15829 days ago · 36 km deep · 54 km away
  25. 2.211 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15828 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  26. 3.413 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15828 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  27. 2.415 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 15828 days ago · 31 km deep · 19 km away
  28. 3.51 km WSW of P?hoa, Hawaii · 15827 days ago · 44 km deep · 31 km away
  29. 3.022 km NW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 15827 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
  30. 2.87 km W of Waimea, Hawaii · 15826 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15826 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  32. 2.021 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15826 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  33. 4.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15826 days ago · 32 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 1.919 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15826 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  35. 2.48 km SW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15826 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
  36. 2.013 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15826 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  37. 1.81 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 15826 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
  38. 2.211 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15826 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  39. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15826 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  40. 2.527 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15826 days ago · -1 km deep · 43 km away
  41. 2.524 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15825 days ago · -1 km deep · 46 km away
  42. 1.838 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15825 days ago · 38 km deep · 43 km away
  43. 2.825 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15825 days ago · -1 km deep · 45 km away
  44. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15825 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  45. 1.913 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15825 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  46. 2.210 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15824 days ago · 28 km deep · 11 km away
  47. 2.94 km E of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 15824 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  48. 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15824 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  49. 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15824 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  50. 3.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15823 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  51. 1.813 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15823 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  52. 2.416 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15823 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  53. 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15823 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  54. 1.77 km SW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15822 days ago · 31 km deep · 40 km away
  55. 2.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15822 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  56. 1.68 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15822 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  57. 1.616 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 15822 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
  58. 1.614 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15822 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  59. 2.310 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15821 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
  60. 2.013 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15821 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.61 km E of Captain Cook, Hawaii · 15834 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.021 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15834 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 2.321 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15834 days ago · -2 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15835 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15835 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.88 km WNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 15835 days ago · 38 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 2.41 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 15835 days ago · 32 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 2.916 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15835 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 2.412 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15835 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 3.021 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 15836 days ago · 17 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 2.424 km NE of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 15837 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15837 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 3.217 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15837 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 2.414 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15837 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15837 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 2.522 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15837 days ago · 46 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 2.013 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15837 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  18. 2.523 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 15837 days ago · 46 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 2.010 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15838 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15838 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19831822. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:48 AM UTC.