M1.6 earthquake 12 km W of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.6 (ml), micro

Local time

Thu, Dec 15, 1983, 3:00 PM HST

UTC

1983-12-16 01:00:39 UTC

Depth

7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.425° N, 155.354° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.17

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

74°

Stations used

29

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast13 kmW
• Hilo, HawaiiPopulation 43,263. Forecast44 kmSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast334 kmSE

After

1. 2.013 km N of Wai‘?hinu, HawaiiMon, Jan 16, 7:28 PM HST · 15590 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
2. 2.110 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 16, 9:45 PM HST · 15590 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
3. 1.820 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 16, 9:57 PM HST · 15590 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
4. 2.726 km SSE of Naalehu, HawaiiMon, Jan 16, 11:29 PM HST · 15590 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
5. 2.421 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 17, 10:21 AM HST · 15589 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
6. 1.812 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 17, 2:16 PM HST · 15589 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
7. 2.111 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 17, 8:18 PM HST · 15589 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
8. 2.310 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 17, 11:47 PM HST · 15589 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
9. 2.012 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 18, 12:45 AM HST · 15588 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
10. 1.914 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 18, 5:23 AM HST · 15588 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
11. 2.323 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 18, 5:26 AM HST · 15588 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
12. 1.816 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 18, 5:57 AM HST · 15588 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
13. 1.912 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 18, 7:20 AM HST · 15588 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
14. 2.49 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 18, 10:38 AM HST · 15588 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
15. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiWed, Jan 18, 3:32 PM HST · 15588 days ago · 29 km deep · 12 km away
16. 1.819 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Jan 18, 5:53 PM HST · 15588 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
17. 1.913 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 18, 10:33 PM HST · 15588 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
18. 2.519 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Jan 19, 8:23 AM HST · 15587 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
19. 2.112 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Jan 19, 2:09 PM HST · 15587 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
20. 2.0Island of Hawaii, HawaiiThu, Jan 19, 3:14 PM HST · 15587 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
21. 2.911 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Jan 19, 9:04 PM HST · 15587 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
22. 2.714 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 20, 1:29 AM HST · 15586 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
23. 1.617 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jan 20, 1:52 AM HST · 15586 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
24. 2.218 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 20, 3:58 AM HST · 15586 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
25. 2.712 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiFri, Jan 20, 9:19 AM HST · 15586 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
26. 1.821 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jan 20, 6:00 PM HST · 15586 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
27. 2.226 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Jan 20, 6:42 PM HST · 15586 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
28. 2.115 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Jan 20, 7:44 PM HST · 15586 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
29. 2.227 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 21, 4:16 AM HST · 15585 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
30. 2.19 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Jan 21, 4:56 AM HST · 15585 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
31. 1.823 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jan 21, 6:47 AM HST · 15585 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
32. 1.917 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiSat, Jan 21, 7:31 PM HST · 15585 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
33. 2.412 km NE of Hawaiian Ocean View, HawaiiSat, Jan 21, 10:03 PM HST · 15585 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
34. 1.721 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 12:09 AM HST · 15584 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
35. 2.817 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 2:51 AM HST · 15584 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
36. 1.616 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 5:08 AM HST · 15584 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
37. 1.99 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 6:04 AM HST · 15584 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
38. 2.411 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 10:12 AM HST · 15584 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
39. 1.716 km S of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 10:14 AM HST · 15584 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
40. 1.918 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 3:09 PM HST · 15584 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
41. 2.026 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Jan 22, 4:42 PM HST · 15584 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
42. 1.919 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 23, 12:14 AM HST · 15583 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
43. 1.63 km ESE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 23, 2:51 AM HST · 15583 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
44. 1.93 km ESE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 23, 2:53 AM HST · 15583 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
45. 2.112 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 23, 2:34 PM HST · 15583 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
46. 1.717 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 23, 6:08 PM HST · 15583 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
47. 1.616 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 23, 6:59 PM HST · 15583 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
48. 2.113 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 23, 7:09 PM HST · 15583 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
49. 1.815 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 23, 9:21 PM HST · 15583 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
50. 2.012 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Jan 23, 9:50 PM HST · 15583 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
51. 1.620 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Jan 23, 9:53 PM HST · 15583 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
52. 1.615 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Jan 24, 2:14 AM HST · 15582 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
53. 2.1Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Jan 24, 3:26 AM HST · 15582 days ago · -1 km deep · 30 km away
54. 1.72 km S of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 24, 3:42 AM HST · 15582 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
55. 1.919 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Jan 24, 3:04 PM HST · 15582 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
56. 1.6Island of Hawaii, HawaiiTue, Jan 24, 4:02 PM HST · 15582 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
57. 1.925 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 24, 4:32 PM HST · 15582 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
58. 2.120 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Jan 24, 10:14 PM HST · 15582 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
59. 2.124 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Jan 25, 1:55 AM HST · 15581 days ago · 0 km deep · 30 km away
60. 1.720 km W of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Jan 25, 5:48 PM HST · 15581 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away

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