M1.8 earthquake 5 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 5 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Jun 20, 1983, 2:46 PM HST (00:46 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 16 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
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-06-21 00:46:15 UTC
- Depth
- 13.3 km (8.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.396° N, 155.259° 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, 0.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 105°
- Stations used
- 26
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15789 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.221 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15789 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.117 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15788 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15788 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.719 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15788 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.925 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15788 days ago · -3 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15788 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.615 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15788 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.32 km ESE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15787 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.213 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15787 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.413 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15787 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.4Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15787 days ago · -1 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.212 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15786 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.29 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15786 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.310 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15786 days ago · 26 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.113 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15786 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.813 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 15786 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.517 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15785 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.716 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15785 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.818 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15785 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.314 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15784 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15784 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.524 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15784 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15784 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.01 km SSW of Honalo, Hawaii · 15783 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.627 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15783 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.618 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15783 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.116 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15783 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.47 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15783 days ago · 36 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15782 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.222 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15782 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.526 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15782 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15782 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.59 km NNE of Volcano, HI · 15782 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.49 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15781 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.937 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15781 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.719 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15780 days ago · 35 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15779 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.525 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15779 days ago · -1 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.814 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15779 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15779 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.645 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15779 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.219 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15779 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.016 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15779 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15777 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.513 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15777 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.012 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15777 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.614 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15777 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15777 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.44 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15777 days ago · 36 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.620 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 15777 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.918 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15777 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.315 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15776 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.420 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15775 days ago · -2 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.111 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15775 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15775 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.314 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15775 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.429 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15775 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.216 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15775 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.214 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15774 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19831973. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:24 PM UTC.