M2.3 earthquake 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Thu, Sep 22, 1983, 5:36 PM HST

UTC

1983-09-23 03:36:59 UTC

Depth

6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.343° N, 155.183° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.17

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

75°

Stations used

41

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast12 kmSSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast35 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast354 kmSE

After

1. 2.629 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Sep 22, 9:29 PM HST · 15717 days ago · -3 km deep · 44 km away
2. 2.725 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Sep 22, 10:50 PM HST · 15716 days ago · -4 km deep · 47 km away
3. 2.117 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Sep 22, 11:07 PM HST · 15716 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
4. 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 23, 2:21 AM HST · 15716 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
5. 2.315 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Sep 23, 9:01 AM HST · 15716 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
6. 2.728 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, Sep 23, 11:40 PM HST · 15715 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
7. 2.825 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Sep 24, 12:16 AM HST · 15715 days ago · 36 km deep · 38 km away
8. 2.022 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Sep 24, 2:30 AM HST · 15715 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
9. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Sep 24, 8:07 AM HST · 15715 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
10. 2.726 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSat, Sep 24, 9:56 AM HST · 15715 days ago · -1 km deep · 47 km away
11. 2.55 km SSW of Ainaloa, HawaiiSat, Sep 24, 3:19 PM HST · 15715 days ago · 45 km deep · 24 km away
12. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Sep 24, 5:24 PM HST · 15715 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
13. 2.224 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiSun, Sep 25, 5:01 AM HST · 15714 days ago · -2 km deep · 48 km away
14. 2.113 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Sep 25, 11:12 AM HST · 15714 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
15. 3.020 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Sep 26, 2:02 AM HST · 15713 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
16. 2.18 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Sep 26, 2:04 AM HST · 15713 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
17. 2.418 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Sep 26, 10:42 AM HST · 15713 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
18. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Sep 26, 9:12 PM HST · 15713 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
19. 1.716 km SE of Naalehu, HawaiiTue, Sep 27, 12:11 AM HST · 15712 days ago · 37 km deep · 53 km away
20. 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 27, 3:55 AM HST · 15712 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
21. 2.519 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Sep 27, 11:32 AM HST · 15712 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
22. 3.315 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Sep 27, 7:44 PM HST · 15712 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
23. 2.526 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Sep 28, 2:38 AM HST · 15711 days ago · -2 km deep · 47 km away
24. 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Sep 28, 3:34 AM HST · 15711 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
25. 2.013 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, Sep 28, 3:53 PM HST · 15711 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
26. 2.023 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Sep 29, 8:56 AM HST · 15710 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
27. 2.81 km S of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Sep 29, 10:21 AM HST · 15710 days ago · 32 km deep · 36 km away
28. 2.222 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Sep 29, 5:16 PM HST · 15710 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
29. 2.411 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Sep 30, 2:26 AM HST · 15709 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
30. 2.76 km WSW of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiFri, Sep 30, 5:27 AM HST · 15709 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
31. 2.92 km E of Kealakekua, HawaiiFri, Sep 30, 10:19 AM HST · 15709 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
32. 2.421 km ESE of Leilani Estates, HawaiiFri, Sep 30, 11:43 AM HST · 15709 days ago · 45 km deep · 46 km away
33. 2.9Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Oct 1, 12:17 AM HST · 15708 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
34. 3.514 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 2, 1:38 AM HST · 15707 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
35. 2.713 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Oct 2, 6:00 AM HST · 15707 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
36. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 2, 11:37 AM HST · 15707 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
37. 2.11 km ESE of Kailua-Kona, HawaiiSun, Oct 2, 11:41 PM HST · 15706 days ago · 35 km deep · 90 km away
38. 2.222 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Oct 3, 3:21 PM HST · 15706 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
39. 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 3, 3:49 PM HST · 15706 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
40. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 3, 6:55 PM HST · 15706 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
41. 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Oct 3, 9:45 PM HST · 15706 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
42. 1.715 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Oct 4, 8:12 AM HST · 15705 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
43. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Oct 4, 10:07 AM HST · 15705 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
44. 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 4, 1:15 PM HST · 15705 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
45. 1.616 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Oct 4, 2:28 PM HST · 15705 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
46. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Oct 4, 4:46 PM HST · 15705 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
47. 3.218 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Oct 4, 7:45 PM HST · 15705 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
48. 2.316 km WNW of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Oct 4, 9:02 PM HST · 15705 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
49. 2.313 km W of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Oct 5, 1:47 AM HST · 15704 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
50. 2.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Oct 5, 12:06 PM HST · 15704 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
51. 2.113 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 5, 5:13 PM HST · 15704 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
52. 1.614 km SE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 5, 5:38 PM HST · 15704 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
53. 2.714 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 5, 6:42 PM HST · 15704 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
54. 3.122 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Oct 5, 6:53 PM HST · 15704 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
55. 2.022 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Oct 5, 11:25 PM HST · 15703 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
56. 2.924 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 6, 1:53 AM HST · 15703 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
57. 2.611 km S of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 6, 3:39 AM HST · 15703 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
58. 2.321 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Oct 6, 9:05 PM HST · 15703 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
59. 3.015 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Oct 7, 1:34 AM HST · 15702 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
60. 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Oct 7, 5:52 AM HST · 15702 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

1. 2.116 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiThu, Sep 22, 11:26 AM HST · 15717 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
2. 2.511 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Sep 22, 11:04 AM HST · 15717 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
3. 1.911 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiThu, Sep 22, 7:47 AM HST · 15717 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
4. 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 21, 10:22 PM HST · 15717 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
5. 2.022 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Sep 21, 9:18 PM HST · 15718 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
6. 3.313 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Sep 21, 8:34 AM HST · 15718 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
7. 2.220 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Sep 21, 5:47 AM HST · 15718 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
8. 1.822 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Sep 21, 12:00 AM HST · 15718 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
9. 2.423 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Sep 20, 6:43 PM HST · 15719 days ago · -2 km deep · 49 km away
10. 2.016 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 20, 5:41 PM HST · 15719 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
11. 2.512 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 20, 5:35 PM HST · 15719 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
12. 2.115 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 20, 4:29 PM HST · 15719 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
13. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 20, 12:28 PM HST · 15719 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
14. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 20, 11:39 AM HST · 15719 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
15. 2.645 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Sep 20, 11:38 AM HST · 15719 days ago · 42 km deep · 47 km away
16. 2.725 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Sep 20, 4:27 AM HST · 15719 days ago · -2 km deep · 47 km away
17. 2.919 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Sep 20, 3:30 AM HST · 15719 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
18. 2.814 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Sep 19, 11:08 PM HST · 15719 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
19. 1.8Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Sep 19, 10:28 PM HST · 15719 days ago · 10 km deep · 69 km away
20. 2.113 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Sep 19, 3:42 PM HST · 15720 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19832641. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:43 PM UTC.