M1.8 earthquake 12 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 12 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii on Thu, Dec 8, 1983, 12:00 AM HST (10:00 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 24 km N of P?hala, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-12-08 10:00:55 UTC
- Depth
- 7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.418° N, 155.354° 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
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 33°
- Stations used
- 31
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.517 km E of P?hala, Hawaii · 15597 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.224 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15597 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.025 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15597 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15597 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.812 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15597 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.017 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15597 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.217 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15596 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.513 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15596 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15596 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.413 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15596 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.115 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15596 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.217 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15596 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.414 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15596 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.824 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.521 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.318 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.811 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.521 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.822 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 1 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.220 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.830 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 26 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.821 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.019 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.821 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 38 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.215 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.115 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.911 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.916 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.516 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.921 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.410 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.813 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.318 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.012 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.917 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.216 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.125 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.517 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.914 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.68 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.09 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15591 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.615 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15591 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15591 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.112 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15591 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.721 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.813 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.910 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.69 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.013 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
The first 60 of 199.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19834032. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:24 PM UTC.