M2.0 earthquake 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Aug 28, 1983, 12:20 AM HST (10:20 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 23 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-08-28 10:20:23 UTC
- Depth
- 5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.336° N, 155.176° 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, 1.3 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- Stations used
- 20
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
- 2.223 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15712 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.719 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15712 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 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 · 3 km away
- 2.223 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15711 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.223 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15711 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.523 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15711 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.223 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15711 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.614 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15711 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 · 52 km away
- 2.423 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15710 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 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 · 31 km away
- 2.48 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15710 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 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 · 53 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 · 70 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 · 28 km away
- 2.725 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15708 days ago · -2 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.645 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15708 days ago · 42 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15708 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15708 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.115 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15708 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15708 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15708 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.423 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15708 days ago · -2 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.822 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15708 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.220 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15707 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.313 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15707 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.022 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15707 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15707 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.911 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15706 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.511 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15706 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.116 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15706 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15706 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.629 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15706 days ago · -3 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.725 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15706 days ago · -4 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.117 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15706 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15705 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.315 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15705 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.728 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15705 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.825 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15705 days ago · 36 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.022 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15704 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15704 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.726 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15704 days ago · -1 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.55 km SSW of Ainaloa, Hawaii · 15704 days ago · 45 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15704 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.224 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15703 days ago · -2 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.113 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15703 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.020 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15702 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.18 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15702 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.418 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15702 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15702 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.716 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15702 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
The first 60 of 199.
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