M2.0 earthquake 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Fri, Sep 9, 1983, 7:39 AM HST (17:39 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 26 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
- 1983-09-09 17:39:09 UTC
- Depth
- 8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.346° N, 155.177° 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
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 73°
- Stations used
- 26
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.726 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15704 days ago · -1 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.55 km SSW of Ainaloa, Hawaii · 15704 days ago · 45 km deep · 23 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 · 48 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 · 15701 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.716 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15701 days ago · 37 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15701 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.519 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15701 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15700 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.526 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15700 days ago · -2 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15700 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.013 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15700 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.023 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15699 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.81 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 15699 days ago · 32 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.222 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15699 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.411 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15698 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.76 km WSW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 15698 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.92 km E of Kealakekua, Hawaii · 15698 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.421 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15698 days ago · 45 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15697 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15696 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.713 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15696 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15696 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.11 km ESE of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 15695 days ago · 35 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.222 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15695 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15695 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15695 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15694 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.715 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15694 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15694 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15694 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.616 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15694 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15694 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.218 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15693 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.316 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15693 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.313 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 15693 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15693 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.113 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15693 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.614 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15693 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15693 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.122 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15693 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.022 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15692 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.924 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15692 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.611 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15692 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.321 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15691 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15691 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15691 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.934 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 15691 days ago · 13 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15690 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.69 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 15690 days ago · 24 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15690 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.59 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 15689 days ago · 46 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.715 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15689 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15689 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.523 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15689 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15687 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19832455. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:50 PM UTC.