Hawaii earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 26 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 26 km W of Volcano, Hawaii on Fri, Dec 9, 1983, 7:36 PM HST (05:36 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.2 17 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1983-12-10 05:36:58 UTC
Depth
8.3 km (5.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.458° N, 155.482° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.18
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
82°
Stations used
27

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. 2.217 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 2.414 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 1.824 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 1.911 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 1.521 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 2.318 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  7. 1.811 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  8. 1.521 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 1.822 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 2.220 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 1.830 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 2.614 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 1.821 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 2.019 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  16. 1.821 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 38 km deep · 55 km away
  17. 1.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 3.215 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 2.115 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  20. 1.911 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  21. 1.916 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  22. 3.516 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  23. 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  24. 1.921 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  25. 2.410 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
  26. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  27. 1.813 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  28. 2.318 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  29. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  30. 2.012 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  31. 1.917 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 3.216 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  33. 2.125 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  34. 2.517 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  35. 1.99 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  36. 1.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  37. 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  38. 1.914 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 2.68 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
  40. 2.09 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15591 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  41. 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15591 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  42. 1.615 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  43. 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  44. 2.112 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  45. 1.721 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  46. 1.813 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  47. 1.910 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  48. 1.69 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
  49. 2.013 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  50. 2.110 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  51. 1.820 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  52. 2.726 km SSE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 35 km deep · 68 km away
  53. 2.421 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  54. 1.812 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  55. 2.111 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  56. 2.310 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  57. 2.012 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  58. 1.914 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  59. 2.323 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  60. 1.816 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away

The first 60 of 199.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19834060. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:14 PM UTC.