M2.3 earthquake 18 km W of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 18 km W of Volcano, Hawaii on Wed, Dec 14, 1983, 2:54 PM HST (00:54 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 8 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-12-15 00:54:33 UTC
- Depth
- 8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.471° N, 155.408° 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, 0.7 km in depth
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 40°
- Stations used
- 40
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
- 1.8Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.914 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.68 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15592 days ago · 11 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.09 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15591 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15591 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.615 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.713 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.112 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.721 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.813 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.910 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15590 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.69 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.013 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.110 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.820 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.726 km SSE of Naalehu, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.421 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.812 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15589 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.111 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.310 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.012 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.914 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.323 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.816 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.912 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.49 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15588 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.1Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15587 days ago · 29 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.819 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15587 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15587 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.519 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15587 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.112 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15587 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.0Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15586 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.911 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15586 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.714 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15586 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.617 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15586 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.218 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15586 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.712 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15586 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.821 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15585 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.226 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15585 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.115 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15585 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.227 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15585 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.19 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15585 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.823 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15585 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.917 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15584 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.412 km NE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii · 15584 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.721 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15584 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.817 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15584 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15584 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15584 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.411 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15584 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.716 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15584 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.918 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15583 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.026 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15583 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.919 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15583 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.63 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15583 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.93 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15583 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15583 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.717 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15582 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.616 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15582 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.113 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15582 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
The first 60 of 199.
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