M3.6 earthquake 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Sep 5, 1983, 10:27 PM HST (08:27 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 34 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-09-06 08:27:44 UTC
- Depth
- 9.5 km (5.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.334° N, 155.211° 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, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 74°
- Stations used
- 47
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
- 2.022 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15706 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15706 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.911 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15706 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.511 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15706 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.116 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15706 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15705 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.629 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15705 days ago · -3 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.725 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15705 days ago · -4 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.117 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15705 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15705 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.315 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15705 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.728 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15704 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.825 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15704 days ago · 36 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.022 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15704 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15704 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.726 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15704 days ago · -1 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.55 km SSW of Ainaloa, Hawaii · 15703 days ago · 45 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15703 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.224 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15703 days ago · -2 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.113 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15703 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.020 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15702 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.18 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15702 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.418 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15702 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15701 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.716 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15701 days ago · 37 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15701 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.519 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15701 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.87 km NW of Kalaoa, Hawaii · 15701 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15700 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.526 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15700 days ago · -2 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15700 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.013 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15699 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.023 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15699 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.81 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 15699 days ago · 32 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.222 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15698 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.411 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15698 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.76 km WSW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 15698 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.92 km E of Kealakekua, Hawaii · 15698 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.421 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15698 days ago · 45 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15697 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15696 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.713 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15696 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15696 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.11 km ESE of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 15695 days ago · 35 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.222 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15694 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15694 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15694 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15694 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.715 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15694 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15694 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15693 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.616 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15693 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15693 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.218 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15693 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.316 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15693 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.313 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 15693 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15693 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.113 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15692 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.614 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15692 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15692 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
The first 60 of 199.
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