M1.6 earthquake 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 14 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Aug 23, 1983, 5:13 PM HST (03:13 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 22 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-08-24 03:13:47 UTC
- Depth
- 6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.326° N, 155.173° 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, 0.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.13
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 94°
- Stations used
- 32
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
- 3.722 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15714 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.823 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15714 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.022 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15714 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.222 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15714 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.023 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15714 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.223 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15714 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.222 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15714 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.322 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15714 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15714 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.222 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15713 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.02 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15713 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.223 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15713 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.015 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 15713 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.323 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15713 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.017 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15713 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.21 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15713 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.621 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15713 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.222 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15713 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15713 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.222 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15713 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15713 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.523 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15712 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.014 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15712 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.223 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15712 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, HI · 15712 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15712 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.022 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15712 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.223 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15712 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.722 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15712 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15712 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.522 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15712 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.315 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15712 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15712 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.023 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15712 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.223 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15712 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.719 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15712 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.013 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15712 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15711 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.223 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15711 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.223 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15711 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.523 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15711 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.223 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15711 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.614 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15710 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.513 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15710 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.223 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15710 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.423 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15710 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15710 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.417 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15710 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.48 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15710 days ago · 12 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.41 km SSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15710 days ago · 32 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.523 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15709 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15709 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.114 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15709 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15709 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15709 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15709 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.814 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15709 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.919 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15708 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.725 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15708 days ago · -2 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.645 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15708 days ago · 42 km deep · 45 km away
The first 60 of 199.
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