M1.6 earthquake 15 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Sat, Oct 22, 1983, 11:39 PM HST

UTC

1983-10-23 09:39:29 UTC

Depth

5.4 km (3.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.325° N, 155.163° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.5 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

94°

Stations used

39

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast15 kmSSE
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast36 kmSSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast357 kmSE

After

1. 2.022 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 23, 4:15 AM HST · 15685 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
2. 2.312 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 23, 5:47 AM HST · 15685 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
3. 2.416 km NNW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 23, 8:16 AM HST · 15685 days ago · 28 km deep · 31 km away
4. 1.812 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 23, 10:35 AM HST · 15685 days ago · 30 km deep · 3 km away
5. 2.312 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 24, 1:14 AM HST · 15684 days ago · 27 km deep · 14 km away
6. 2.612 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Oct 24, 2:33 AM HST · 15684 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
7. 2.316 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Oct 24, 2:37 AM HST · 15684 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
8. 2.815 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Oct 24, 2:49 AM HST · 15684 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
9. 2.112 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 24, 3:40 AM HST · 15684 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
10. 1.8Island of Hawaii, HawaiiMon, Oct 24, 1:35 PM HST · 15684 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
11. 3.349 km ESE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Oct 24, 7:05 PM HST · 15684 days ago · 41 km deep · 51 km away
12. 2.611 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, HawaiiMon, Oct 24, 8:40 PM HST · 15684 days ago · 11 km deep · 71 km away
13. 2.223 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Oct 24, 9:09 PM HST · 15684 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
14. 1.87 km E of Leilani Estates, HawaiiTue, Oct 25, 12:50 AM HST · 15683 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
15. 2.2Hawaii region, HawaiiTue, Oct 25, 1:06 AM HST · 15683 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
16. 2.111 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Oct 25, 6:32 AM HST · 15683 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
17. 2.624 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Oct 25, 7:47 AM HST · 15683 days ago · -1 km deep · 59 km away
18. 2.226 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Oct 25, 7:56 AM HST · 15683 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
19. 2.223 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Oct 25, 10:29 AM HST · 15683 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
20. 3.823 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Oct 25, 11:02 AM HST · 15683 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
21. 2.85 km SE of Hilo, HawaiiTue, Oct 25, 1:38 PM HST · 15683 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
22. 2.014 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Oct 25, 2:54 PM HST · 15683 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
23. 2.36 km SE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Oct 25, 4:24 PM HST · 15683 days ago · 31 km deep · 34 km away
24. 2.223 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Oct 25, 8:16 PM HST · 15683 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
25. 2.223 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiTue, Oct 25, 10:55 PM HST · 15683 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
26. 1.715 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 26, 6:24 AM HST · 15682 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
27. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 26, 11:57 AM HST · 15682 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
28. 2.114 km SE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 26, 1:21 PM HST · 15682 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
29. 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Oct 26, 7:49 PM HST · 15682 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
30. 1.714 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Oct 26, 9:09 PM HST · 15682 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
31. 2.312 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 26, 10:41 PM HST · 15682 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
32. 3.515 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Oct 27, 6:03 PM HST · 15681 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
33. 3.315 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Oct 27, 6:53 PM HST · 15681 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
34. 2.714 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Oct 27, 8:22 PM HST · 15681 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
35. 2.412 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 27, 11:32 PM HST · 15680 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
36. 2.426 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Oct 28, 4:17 AM HST · 15680 days ago · 36 km deep · 46 km away
37. 2.016 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Oct 28, 1:56 PM HST · 15680 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
38. 1.914 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 28, 3:54 PM HST · 15680 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
39. 1.815 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 29, 12:01 AM HST · 15679 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
40. 1.514 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 29, 4:21 AM HST · 15679 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
41. 2.228 km NNW of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Oct 29, 4:59 AM HST · 15679 days ago · -2 km deep · 47 km away
42. 2.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Oct 29, 5:05 AM HST · 15679 days ago · -2 km deep · 50 km away
43. 2.211 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 29, 6:27 AM HST · 15679 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
44. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiSat, Oct 29, 5:03 PM HST · 15679 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
45. 3.216 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSat, Oct 29, 7:26 PM HST · 15679 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
46. 1.912 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 30, 5:04 AM HST · 15678 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
47. 2.110 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 30, 9:35 AM HST · 15678 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
48. 3.922 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 30, 3:49 PM HST · 15678 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
49. 1.615 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Oct 30, 5:32 PM HST · 15678 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
50. 2.123 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 30, 6:53 PM HST · 15678 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
51. 2.115 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Oct 30, 7:46 PM HST · 15678 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
52. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 30, 8:27 PM HST · 15678 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
53. 2.022 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Oct 30, 10:26 PM HST · 15678 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
54. 2.023 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 31, 8:32 AM HST · 15677 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
55. 2.06 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Oct 31, 4:36 PM HST · 15677 days ago · 14 km deep · 15 km away
56. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Nov 1, 5:55 PM HST · 15676 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
57. 3.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 2, 2:55 AM HST · 15675 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
58. 1.819 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Nov 2, 10:48 PM HST · 15675 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
59. 2.318 km E of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 3, 2:50 AM HST · 15674 days ago · 54 km deep · 21 km away
60. 2.114 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Nov 3, 4:33 AM HST · 15674 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

1. 2.815 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiSat, Oct 22, 9:23 PM HST · 15686 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
2. 2.719 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Oct 22, 5:21 PM HST · 15686 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
3. 2.525 km ENE of H?lualoa, HawaiiSat, Oct 22, 4:33 PM HST · 15686 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
4. 1.919 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 22, 6:06 AM HST · 15686 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
5. 2.28 km NNW of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiSat, Oct 22, 5:57 AM HST · 15686 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
6. 2.919 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Oct 22, 4:38 AM HST · 15686 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
7. 1.912 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 22, 3:11 AM HST · 15686 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
8. 2.212 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Oct 22, 1:41 AM HST · 15686 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
9. 3.25 km NW of Kailua-Kona, HawaiiFri, Oct 21, 11:42 PM HST · 15686 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
10. 2.917 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 21, 6:27 PM HST · 15687 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
11. 1.813 km SE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 21, 5:12 PM HST · 15687 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
12. 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Oct 21, 3:10 AM HST · 15687 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
13. 2.012 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Oct 20, 8:29 PM HST · 15688 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
14. 2.419 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Oct 20, 2:36 AM HST · 15688 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
15. 1.96 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 19, 8:52 PM HST · 15689 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
16. 1.84 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 19, 8:50 PM HST · 15689 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
17. 1.911 km S of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 19, 7:47 PM HST · 15689 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
18. 2.029 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Oct 19, 3:47 PM HST · 15689 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
19. 1.911 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Oct 19, 3:35 PM HST · 15689 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
20. 2.521 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Oct 19, 10:05 AM HST · 15689 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19832800. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:40 PM UTC.