M1.6 earthquake 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 12 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Fri, Sep 23, 1983, 2:21 AM HST (12:21 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.8 19 km W of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-09-23 12:21:49 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.341° N, 155.175° 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
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.30
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- Stations used
- 27
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
- 1.819 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15649 days ago · -2 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.62 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15649 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15649 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.125 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15649 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.723 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.727 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.716 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.620 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.121 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.620 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.922 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 0 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.721 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.723 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.320 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.020 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.121 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.018 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.911 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.825 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.527 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.614 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.325 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.720 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.814 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.623 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.918 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.610 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.620 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.713 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.320 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.619 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.721 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.116 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.223 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.826 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.623 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.720 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.311 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.922 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.616 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.616 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.611 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.916 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.524 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.712 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 11 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.613 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.522 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.719 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.621 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.117 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.710 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.620 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.619 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.620 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.123 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.116 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.417 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.423 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.316 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15648 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19832645. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:55 AM UTC.