Hawaii earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 25 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 25 km W of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Dec 11, 1983, 9:39 AM HST (19:39 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 13 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
1983-12-11 19:39:57 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.435° N, 155.476° 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, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
59°
Stations used
34

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. 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 1.821 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 2.019 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  4. 1.821 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 38 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 1.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 3.215 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 2.115 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 1.911 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 1.916 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 3.516 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 1.921 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 2.410 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 1.813 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 2.318 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 2.012 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  19. 1.917 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 3.216 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  21. 2.125 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  22. 2.517 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  23. 1.99 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  24. 1.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  25. 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  26. 1.914 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  27. 2.68 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 11 km deep · 35 km away
  28. 2.09 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15591 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  29. 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15591 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  30. 1.615 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  31. 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  32. 2.112 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  33. 1.721 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  34. 1.813 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  35. 1.910 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  36. 1.69 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
  37. 2.013 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  38. 2.110 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  39. 1.820 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  40. 2.726 km SSE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 35 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 2.421 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  42. 1.812 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  43. 2.111 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  44. 2.310 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  45. 2.012 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  46. 1.914 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  47. 2.323 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  48. 1.816 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  49. 1.912 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  50. 2.49 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  51. 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15587 days ago · 29 km deep · 25 km away
  52. 1.819 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15587 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  53. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15587 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  54. 2.519 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15587 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  55. 2.112 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15587 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  56. 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15586 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  57. 2.911 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15586 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  58. 2.714 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15586 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  59. 1.617 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15586 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  60. 2.218 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15586 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away

The first 60 of 199.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19834078. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:12 PM UTC.