M2.0 earthquake 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Sep 15, 1983, 11:23 PM HST (09:23 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 22 km ENE 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, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-09-16 09:23:09 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.316° N, 155.219° 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, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- Stations used
- 34
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 199 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.223 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15721 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, HI · 15721 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.5Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15721 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.022 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15721 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.223 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15721 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.722 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15721 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15721 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.522 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15721 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.315 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15721 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.017 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15721 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.023 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15721 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.223 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15721 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.719 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15721 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.013 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15721 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15720 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.223 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15720 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.223 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15720 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.523 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15719 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.223 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15719 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.614 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15719 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.513 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15719 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.223 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15719 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.423 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15719 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15719 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.417 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15719 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.48 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15719 days ago · 12 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.41 km SSW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15719 days ago · 32 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.523 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15718 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15718 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.114 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15718 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.515 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15718 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15718 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15717 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.814 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15717 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.919 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15717 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.725 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15717 days ago · -2 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.645 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15717 days ago · 42 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15717 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15717 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.115 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15717 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15717 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15717 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.423 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15717 days ago · -2 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.822 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15716 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.220 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15716 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.313 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15716 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.022 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15715 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15715 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.911 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15715 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.511 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15715 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.116 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15715 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15715 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.629 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15714 days ago · -3 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.725 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15714 days ago · -4 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.117 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15714 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15714 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.315 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15714 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.728 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15713 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.825 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15713 days ago · 36 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.022 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15713 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 2.523 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15721 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.2Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15721 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.222 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15721 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15721 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.222 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15722 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.621 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15722 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.21 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15722 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.017 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15722 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.323 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15722 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.015 km SSE of Eden Roc, Hawaii · 15722 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.223 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15722 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.02 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15722 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.222 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15722 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15722 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.322 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15723 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.222 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15723 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.223 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15723 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.023 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15723 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.222 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15723 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.022 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15723 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
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