M2.1 earthquake 21 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Tue, Dec 6, 1983, 1:09 AM HST

UTC

1983-12-06 11:09:46 UTC

Depth

8.3 km (5.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.471° N, 155.438° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.5 km in depth

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

62°

Stations used

44

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast22 kmW
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast46 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast324 kmSE

After

1. 3.021 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 6, 1:20 AM HST · 15643 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
2. 1.614 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 6, 2:06 AM HST · 15643 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
3. 2.414 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Dec 6, 2:14 AM HST · 15643 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
4. 1.721 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Dec 6, 3:54 AM HST · 15643 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
5. 3.32 km NW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 6, 7:41 AM HST · 15643 days ago · 31 km deep · 20 km away
6. 2.122 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 6, 7:46 AM HST · 15643 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
7. 2.39 km W of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Dec 6, 8:06 AM HST · 15643 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
8. 2.110 km E of Naalehu, HawaiiTue, Dec 6, 9:12 AM HST · 15643 days ago · 28 km deep · 43 km away
9. 2.419 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Dec 6, 9:20 AM HST · 15643 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
10. 1.518 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 6, 11:06 AM HST · 15643 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
11. 2.122 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 6, 12:08 PM HST · 15643 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
12. 2.020 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Dec 6, 12:52 PM HST · 15643 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
13. 2.38 km N of Naalehu, HawaiiTue, Dec 6, 12:55 PM HST · 15643 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
14. 1.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Dec 6, 4:58 PM HST · 15643 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
15. 1.712 km NE of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Dec 6, 5:04 PM HST · 15643 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
16. 1.914 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 6, 5:24 PM HST · 15643 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
17. 1.725 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 6, 5:25 PM HST · 15643 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
18. 2.221 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Dec 6, 7:42 PM HST · 15642 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
19. 2.121 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Dec 6, 8:54 PM HST · 15642 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
20. 2.112 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 7, 12:19 AM HST · 15642 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
21. 1.715 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 7, 1:03 AM HST · 15642 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
22. 1.818 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 7, 1:32 AM HST · 15642 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
23. 1.819 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 7, 3:00 AM HST · 15642 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
24. 2.818 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 7, 3:45 AM HST · 15642 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
25. 1.913 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 7, 10:26 AM HST · 15642 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
26. 2.013 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 7, 10:32 AM HST · 15642 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
27. 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Dec 7, 12:42 PM HST · 15642 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
28. 2.016 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, Dec 7, 2:31 PM HST · 15642 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
29. 2.116 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiWed, Dec 7, 2:31 PM HST · 15642 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
30. 2.08 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 7, 2:54 PM HST · 15642 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
31. 1.820 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 7, 5:44 PM HST · 15642 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
32. 1.518 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 7, 7:22 PM HST · 15641 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
33. 2.38 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 7, 9:43 PM HST · 15641 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
34. 1.914 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Dec 7, 10:07 PM HST · 15641 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
35. 2.420 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 7, 10:09 PM HST · 15641 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
36. 1.812 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 8, 12:00 AM HST · 15641 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
37. 2.519 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Dec 8, 2:35 AM HST · 15641 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
38. 2.019 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 8, 2:41 AM HST · 15641 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
39. 1.813 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 8, 2:53 AM HST · 15641 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
40. 2.621 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 8, 6:50 AM HST · 15641 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
41. 1.821 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Dec 8, 7:49 AM HST · 15641 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
42. 2.2Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Dec 8, 9:32 AM HST · 15641 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
43. 1.622 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 8, 10:06 AM HST · 15641 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
44. 2.218 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Dec 8, 11:21 AM HST · 15641 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
45. 2.713 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 8, 2:19 PM HST · 15641 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
46. 1.724 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Dec 8, 3:06 PM HST · 15641 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
47. 2.124 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Dec 8, 4:49 PM HST · 15641 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
48. 2.311 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 8, 5:12 PM HST · 15641 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
49. 2.845 km W of Hawaiian Ocean View, HawaiiThu, Dec 8, 9:05 PM HST · 15640 days ago · 31 km deep · 91 km away
50. 1.612 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 8, 10:43 PM HST · 15640 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
51. 1.623 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Dec 9, 12:41 AM HST · 15640 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
52. 2.023 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Dec 9, 2:07 AM HST · 15640 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
53. 2.113 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 9, 2:19 AM HST · 15640 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
54. 1.913 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 9, 3:34 AM HST · 15640 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
55. 1.614 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 9, 7:25 AM HST · 15640 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
56. 1.518 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Dec 9, 10:23 AM HST · 15640 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
57. 2.420 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Dec 9, 10:40 AM HST · 15640 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
58. 1.520 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Dec 9, 12:05 PM HST · 15640 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
59. 2.220 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 9, 5:26 PM HST · 15640 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
60. 2.126 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 9, 7:36 PM HST · 15639 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

1. 1.711 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 5, 6:20 PM HST · 15644 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
2. 2.210 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 5, 6:17 PM HST · 15644 days ago · 30 km deep · 20 km away
3. 2.317 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 5, 3:17 PM HST · 15644 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
4. 2.513 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 5, 2:02 PM HST · 15644 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
5. 1.918 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 5, 1:35 PM HST · 15644 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
6. 2.024 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 5, 1:26 PM HST · 15644 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
7. 2.925 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 5, 1:13 PM HST · 15644 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away
8. 2.016 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiMon, Dec 5, 11:31 AM HST · 15644 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
9. 1.923 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Dec 5, 11:28 AM HST · 15644 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
10. 2.520 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 5, 7:50 AM HST · 15644 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
11. 2.311 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 5, 6:11 AM HST · 15644 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
12. 2.520 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Dec 5, 5:17 AM HST · 15644 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
13. 2.214 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 5, 3:30 AM HST · 15644 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
14. 2.523 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Dec 4, 10:41 PM HST · 15644 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
15. 1.613 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 4, 9:41 PM HST · 15644 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
16. 1.711 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 4, 9:33 PM HST · 15644 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
17. 1.717 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 4, 9:13 PM HST · 15644 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
18. 2.119 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Dec 4, 8:51 PM HST · 15644 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
19. 1.812 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 4, 8:47 PM HST · 15644 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
20. 1.820 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 4, 8:40 PM HST · 15644 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19833993. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC.