M2.3 earthquake 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Fri, Jul 15, 1983, 3:46 PM HST (01:46 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.4 15 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
- 1983-07-16 01:46:00 UTC
- Depth
- 7.5 km (4.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.317° N, 155.219° 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, 0.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 127°
- Stations used
- 42
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
- 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15752 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.62 km W of Kealakekua, Hawaii · 15752 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15752 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.88 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15752 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.518 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15751 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.011 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15751 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.213 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15751 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.617 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15750 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15750 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15750 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.912 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15750 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15750 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15749 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15749 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15749 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.65 km NE of Honalo, Hawaii · 15748 days ago · 25 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.712 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15748 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.215 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15747 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.025 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15746 days ago · -2 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15746 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.89 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15746 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15745 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.715 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15745 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.35 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15745 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15745 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.812 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15745 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.013 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15745 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15745 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15745 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.718 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15745 days ago · 12 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.915 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15744 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.219 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15743 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.011 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15743 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.724 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15743 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.615 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15743 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.214 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15743 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15743 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.81 km SSE of Puako, Hawaii · 15743 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.816 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15743 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.816 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15743 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15743 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.815 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15743 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15743 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15743 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15743 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15743 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.116 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15743 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.36 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15742 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.216 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15742 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.611 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15742 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.115 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15741 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.013 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15741 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15741 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.56 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15741 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.816 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15741 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.110 km E of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 15741 days ago · 30 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.115 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15741 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15740 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.524 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15740 days ago · -2 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15740 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
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