M1.7 earthquake 9 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 9 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Jul 17, 1983, 10:57 PM HST (08:57 UTC), 25 km (16 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-07-18 08:57:44 UTC
- Depth
- 25.0 km (15.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.356° N, 155.235° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 56°
- Stations used
- 35
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
- 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15741 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 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 · 7 km away
- 4.110 km E of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 15741 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.115 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15741 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15740 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.524 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15740 days ago · -2 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15740 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.68 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 15740 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15739 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.614 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15739 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.026 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15739 days ago · -1 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.015 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15739 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.513 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15738 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.122 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15738 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.122 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15738 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15737 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.715 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15737 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.013 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15737 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.016 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15736 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.812 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15736 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15735 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15735 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15735 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15734 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.119 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15734 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15734 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15734 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.818 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15734 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.712 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15734 days ago · 30 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15733 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15733 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15733 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.016 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15733 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.224 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15733 days ago · -2 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.617 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15733 days ago · 39 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.425 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15733 days ago · -2 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.223 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15733 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 15732 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.518 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15732 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15732 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.30 km SW of Paukaa, Hawaii · 15731 days ago · 42 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.020 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15731 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15731 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15731 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15731 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.116 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15731 days ago · 32 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.714 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15730 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.016 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15730 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.516 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15730 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.213 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15729 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.617 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15728 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.939 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15728 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.540 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15728 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.837 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15728 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.435 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15728 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.538 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15728 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.543 km ESE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15728 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15728 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.515 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15728 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
The first 60 of 199.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19832129. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:18 AM UTC.