M1.7 earthquake 10 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii

Magnitude

1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Local time

Tue, Dec 20, 1983, 6:06 AM HST

UTC

1983-12-20 16:06:30 UTC

Depth

6.4 km (3.9 mi), shallow

Epicenter

19.422° N, 155.331° W

Region

Hawaii

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.17

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

93°

Stations used

21

• Volcano, HawaiiPopulation 2,575. Forecast10 kmWSW
• Hawaiian Paradise Park, HawaiiPopulation 11,404. Forecast42 kmWSW
• Honolulu, HawaiiPopulation 350,964. Forecast337 kmSE

After

1. 2.027 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Dec 20, 6:52 AM HST · 15628 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
2. 1.815 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Dec 20, 9:00 AM HST · 15628 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
3. 1.714 km S of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 20, 2:56 PM HST · 15628 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
4. 1.815 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiTue, Dec 20, 5:31 PM HST · 15627 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
5. 1.518 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Dec 20, 5:36 PM HST · 15627 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
6. 2.711 km W of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 20, 8:23 PM HST · 15627 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
7. 1.616 km N of P?hala, HawaiiTue, Dec 20, 9:54 PM HST · 15627 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
8. 1.718 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 21, 12:12 AM HST · 15627 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
9. 2.219 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 21, 12:39 AM HST · 15627 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
10. 1.816 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 21, 12:50 AM HST · 15627 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
11. 2.911 km SSE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Dec 21, 2:34 AM HST · 15627 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
12. 2.015 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Dec 21, 4:28 AM HST · 15627 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
13. 1.812 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 21, 6:18 AM HST · 15627 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
14. 2.39 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 21, 6:23 AM HST · 15627 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
15. 2.711 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiWed, Dec 21, 9:56 AM HST · 15627 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
16. 1.920 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 21, 1:32 PM HST · 15627 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
17. 2.415 km S of Fern Forest, HawaiiWed, Dec 21, 2:31 PM HST · 15627 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
18. 2.615 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 21, 3:03 PM HST · 15627 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
19. 3.216 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 21, 3:06 PM HST · 15627 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
20. 2.615 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 21, 3:18 PM HST · 15627 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
21. 2.415 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 21, 3:23 PM HST · 15627 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
22. 3.215 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 21, 3:32 PM HST · 15626 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
23. 2.310 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 21, 4:36 PM HST · 15626 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
24. 2.020 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 21, 5:38 PM HST · 15626 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
25. 2.018 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 21, 7:30 PM HST · 15626 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
26. 1.920 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 21, 8:01 PM HST · 15626 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
27. 2.210 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiWed, Dec 21, 10:03 PM HST · 15626 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
28. 2.124 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 21, 11:05 PM HST · 15626 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
29. 1.918 km N of P?hala, HawaiiWed, Dec 21, 11:53 PM HST · 15626 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
30. 1.69 km SW of Leilani Estates, HawaiiThu, Dec 22, 7:13 AM HST · 15626 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
31. 1.810 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 22, 7:40 AM HST · 15626 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
32. 3.111 km SSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 22, 9:29 AM HST · 15626 days ago · 33 km deep · 12 km away
33. 1.913 km SE of Fern Forest, HawaiiThu, Dec 22, 10:34 AM HST · 15626 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
34. 2.016 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 22, 2:04 PM HST · 15626 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
35. 1.9Hawaii region, HawaiiThu, Dec 22, 2:29 PM HST · 15626 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
36. 1.716 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 22, 5:00 PM HST · 15625 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
37. 2.022 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Dec 22, 5:32 PM HST · 15625 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
38. 2.022 km W of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 22, 6:33 PM HST · 15625 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
39. 2.021 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Dec 22, 8:14 PM HST · 15625 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
40. 2.617 km N of P?hala, HawaiiThu, Dec 22, 9:41 PM HST · 15625 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
41. 2.413 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiThu, Dec 22, 11:48 PM HST · 15625 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
42. 1.714 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 23, 12:33 AM HST · 15625 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
43. 2.812 km W of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 23, 12:38 AM HST · 15625 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
44. 1.81 km S of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Dec 23, 1:03 AM HST · 15625 days ago · 32 km deep · 30 km away
45. 1.813 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 23, 1:26 AM HST · 15625 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
46. 1.717 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Dec 23, 3:40 AM HST · 15625 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
47. 2.415 km S of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 23, 8:41 AM HST · 15625 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
48. 2.518 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Dec 23, 11:17 AM HST · 15625 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
49. 2.524 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiFri, Dec 23, 2:00 PM HST · 15625 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
50. 2.010 km ENE of P?pa‘ikou, HawaiiFri, Dec 23, 7:57 PM HST · 15624 days ago · 39 km deep · 56 km away
51. 2.82 km SSE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Dec 23, 8:52 PM HST · 15624 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
52. 2.82 km ENE of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Dec 23, 8:53 PM HST · 15624 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
53. 2.118 km N of P?hala, HawaiiFri, Dec 23, 11:28 PM HST · 15624 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
54. 2.513 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiFri, Dec 23, 11:40 PM HST · 15624 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
55. 2.716 km WNW of Kalaoa, HawaiiSat, Dec 24, 12:00 AM HST · 15624 days ago · 30 km deep · 93 km away
56. 2.216 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 24, 1:30 AM HST · 15624 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
57. 1.710 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 24, 5:23 AM HST · 15624 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
58. 2.223 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 24, 7:15 AM HST · 15624 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
59. 1.812 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 24, 8:38 AM HST · 15624 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
60. 2.422 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSat, Dec 24, 12:36 PM HST · 15624 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

1. 1.912 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 20, 5:44 AM HST · 15628 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
2. 2.611 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiTue, Dec 20, 4:20 AM HST · 15628 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
3. 3.240 km W of Hawaiian Ocean View, HawaiiTue, Dec 20, 3:54 AM HST · 15628 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
4. 1.918 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Dec 19, 5:22 PM HST · 15628 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
5. 2.722 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 19, 2:50 PM HST · 15629 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
6. 1.814 km SSE of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 19, 1:26 PM HST · 15629 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
7. 1.811 km S of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 19, 10:13 AM HST · 15629 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
8. 2.412 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 19, 9:36 AM HST · 15629 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
9. 1.817 km NNE of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Dec 19, 9:15 AM HST · 15629 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
10. 1.621 km N of P?hala, HawaiiMon, Dec 19, 3:02 AM HST · 15629 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
11. 2.24 km SE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HawaiiMon, Dec 19, 2:41 AM HST · 15629 days ago · 29 km deep · 53 km away
12. 1.911 km W of Volcano, HawaiiMon, Dec 19, 1:48 AM HST · 15629 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
13. 3.116 km N of P?hala, HawaiiSun, Dec 18, 11:41 PM HST · 15629 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
14. 1.621 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 18, 11:22 PM HST · 15629 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
15. 2.217 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 18, 11:13 PM HST · 15629 days ago · 12 km deep · 7 km away
16. 3.122 km WNW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 18, 9:11 PM HST · 15629 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
17. 1.918 km SW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 18, 8:15 PM HST · 15629 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
18. 1.89 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 18, 6:27 PM HST · 15629 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
19. 1.918 km W of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 18, 5:24 PM HST · 15629 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
20. 1.79 km WSW of Volcano, HawaiiSun, Dec 18, 4:28 PM HST · 15629 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19834232. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 12:53 PM UTC.