M2.0 earthquake 22 km W of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 22 km W of Volcano, Hawaii on Sun, Dec 11, 1983, 12:39 PM HST (22:39 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 13 km SSE 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
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-12-11 22:39:40 UTC
- Depth
- 3.8 km (2.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.468° N, 155.444° 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, 0.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.45
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- Stations used
- 38
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
- 2.313 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.821 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15595 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 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 · 51 km away
- 1.715 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.215 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.115 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.911 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.916 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.516 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.016 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.921 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.410 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15594 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.813 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.318 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.114 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.012 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.917 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 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 · 5 km away
- 2.517 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15593 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.914 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.68 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 11 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.09 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15591 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.615 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15591 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15591 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.112 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15591 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.721 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.813 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.910 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.69 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.013 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.110 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.820 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.726 km SSE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.421 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.812 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.111 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.310 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.012 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.914 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.323 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.816 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.912 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.49 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.819 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.519 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15587 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.112 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15587 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15587 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.911 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15587 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.714 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15586 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.617 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15586 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.218 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15586 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
The first 60 of 199.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19834082. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC.