M2.3 earthquake 12 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 12 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Nov 23, 1983, 2:08 PM HST (00:08 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 23 km WNW 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
- 2.3 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-11-24 00:08:09 UTC
- Depth
- 9.3 km (5.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.420° N, 155.347° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.01
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 33°
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.714 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15608 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.914 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15608 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15608 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.423 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15608 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.921 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15608 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.225 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15608 days ago · -3 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.923 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15608 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.924 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15608 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.11 km S of P?hala, Hawaii · 15608 days ago · 32 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.614 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15607 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15607 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.124 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15607 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.013 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15607 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.128 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15607 days ago · -1 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.113 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15607 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.812 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15607 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.613 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15607 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.512 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15607 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.216 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15607 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.811 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15607 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15607 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.618 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15606 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.615 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15606 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.813 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15606 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.125 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15606 days ago · -2 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.324 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15605 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.016 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15605 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.218 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15605 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.713 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15605 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.113 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15605 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.60 km W of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii · 15605 days ago · 43 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.91 km WNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15605 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.518 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15605 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.418 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15605 days ago · 13 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.615 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15605 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.817 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15605 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.210 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15605 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.726 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15605 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.227 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15604 days ago · -1 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.6Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15604 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.825 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15604 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.914 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15604 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.316 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15604 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.912 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15604 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.218 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15603 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.320 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15603 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.010 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15603 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.025 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15603 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.627 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15603 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.018 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15602 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.825 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15602 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.62 km E of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15602 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.818 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15602 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.923 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15602 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.811 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15602 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.213 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15602 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.916 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15602 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.813 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15602 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.916 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15602 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.220 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15601 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19833698. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:45 PM UTC.