M1.8 earthquake 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Jun 16, 1983, 1:38 PM HST (23:38 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 9 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-06-16 23:38:33 UTC
- Depth
- 5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.333° N, 155.191° 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, 1.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.19
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 84°
- 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: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 154 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.518 km S of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 15811 days ago · 21 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.819 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15811 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.626 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15811 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15810 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.722 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 15810 days ago · 16 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.111 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15810 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.61 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15810 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.720 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15810 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15809 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.117 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15809 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15809 days ago · -2 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15809 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.514 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15808 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.013 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15808 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.24 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15808 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.329 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15808 days ago · 26 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.610 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 15807 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.85 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15807 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.22 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 15807 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.013 km SE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 15807 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15807 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.111 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15806 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.825 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15806 days ago · -2 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.33 km ENE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15806 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.89 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15806 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.33 km N of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15805 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.53 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15805 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.82 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15805 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.312 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 15804 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.613 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15804 days ago · 42 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15804 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15804 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.124 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15804 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15804 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15803 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.522 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15803 days ago · 32 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.212 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15803 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.04 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15803 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.96 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15803 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.219 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15803 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.213 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15802 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.217 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15802 days ago · -2 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.78 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15802 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.21 km SSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15801 days ago · 32 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.71 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 15801 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15801 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.015 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15801 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.119 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15800 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15800 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.515 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15800 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15800 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.016 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15799 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15799 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.229 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15798 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.627 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15798 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.127 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15798 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.327 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15798 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.229 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15798 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.011 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15798 days ago · 37 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.212 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15798 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15811 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.114 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15811 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.919 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15812 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.511 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15812 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.711 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15812 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.615 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15812 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.815 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15812 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.115 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15812 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15813 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15813 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15813 days ago · 38 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.51 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15813 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.34 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15813 days ago · 30 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.616 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15813 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15814 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.914 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15814 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.115 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15815 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15815 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15815 days ago · -3 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.211 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15815 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19831949. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:52 AM UTC.