M2.0 earthquake 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Mon, Oct 3, 1983, 6:55 PM HST (04:55 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.7 22 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
- 2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-10-04 04:55:29 UTC
- Depth
- 7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.332° N, 155.173° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 87°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and 199 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15707 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.715 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15706 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15706 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15706 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.616 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15706 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15706 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.218 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15706 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.316 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15706 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.313 km W of P?hala, Hawaii · 15705 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15705 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.113 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15705 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.614 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15705 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15705 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.122 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15705 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.022 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15704 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.924 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15704 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.611 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15704 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.321 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15704 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.015 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15703 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15703 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.934 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 15703 days ago · 13 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15702 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.69 km N of Volcano, Hawaii · 15702 days ago · 24 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15702 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.59 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii · 15702 days ago · 46 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.715 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15701 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15701 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.523 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15701 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15700 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.117 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15699 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.511 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15699 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.018 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15699 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15699 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.225 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15699 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.323 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15699 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15698 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15698 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.917 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15698 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15697 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.43 km SW of Ainaloa, Hawaii · 15697 days ago · 41 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.522 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15697 days ago · 0 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.622 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15696 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.222 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15696 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15696 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.913 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15696 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.48 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15695 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.210 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15695 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.79 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15695 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.627 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii · 15695 days ago · 20 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.613 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15694 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.220 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15694 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.526 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15694 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.515 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15693 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.220 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15693 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.512 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15693 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.525 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15693 days ago · -2 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.115 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15693 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.914 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15693 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.116 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15692 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15692 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 1.612 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15707 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.222 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15707 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.11 km ESE of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 15707 days ago · 35 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15708 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.713 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15708 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.514 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15708 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15709 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.421 km ESE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15710 days ago · 45 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.92 km E of Kealakekua, Hawaii · 15710 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.76 km WSW of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 15710 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.411 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15710 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.222 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15711 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.81 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 15711 days ago · 32 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.023 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15711 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.013 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15712 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15712 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.526 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15712 days ago · -2 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.315 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15713 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.519 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15713 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.114 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15713 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19832693. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:44 PM UTC.