M2.3 earthquake 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Jul 6, 1983, 2:31 AM HST (12:31 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 16 km S 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-07-06 12:31:33 UTC
- Depth
- 7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.320° N, 155.183° 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, 0.7 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 103°
- Stations used
- 38
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
- 2.015 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15772 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.416 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15771 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15771 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.117 km SE of Fern Forest, HI · 15771 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.018 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15770 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.914 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15770 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.422 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 15770 days ago · 24 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.315 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15770 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15769 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.514 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15769 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.215 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15768 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.311 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15768 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.814 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15768 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15767 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15767 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.416 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15767 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.119 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15767 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15766 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.511 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15766 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.919 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15765 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.820 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15765 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15765 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.518 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15764 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.820 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15764 days ago · -1 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.115 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15764 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.431 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 15764 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.718 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15764 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15763 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.024 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15763 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15762 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.513 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15761 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.98 km NW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15761 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.816 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15760 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.66 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15760 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.211 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15760 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.812 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15760 days ago · 48 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.418 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15760 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.118 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15760 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.29 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15760 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.715 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15759 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.414 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15759 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.913 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15759 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.815 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15759 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.616 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15759 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.616 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15758 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.816 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15758 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15758 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15758 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15758 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.16 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15757 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.022 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15757 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.524 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15757 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.019 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15757 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.48 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15756 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15756 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.914 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15756 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.423 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15756 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15755 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.525 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15755 days ago · -2 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15755 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
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