M3.4 earthquake 15 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 15 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii on Tue, Dec 27, 1983, 2:50 PM HST (00:50 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 14 km S 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
- 3.4 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1983-12-28 00:50:26 UTC
- Depth
- 8.1 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 19.308° N, 155.191° 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, 0.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.02
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 121°
- Stations used
- 48
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.226 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15579 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.614 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15579 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.418 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15579 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.9Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15579 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.524 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15578 days ago · -1 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.523 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15578 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.219 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15578 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.619 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15578 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.84 km W of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii · 15578 days ago · 42 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.113 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15578 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.115 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15578 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.728 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15578 days ago · -1 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.921 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15578 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.323 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15577 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.426 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15577 days ago · 43 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.124 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15577 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.612 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15577 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.915 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15577 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.131 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15577 days ago · 11 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.916 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15576 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.017 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15576 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.917 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15576 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.427 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15576 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.36 km W of Kahaluu-Keauhou, Hawaii · 15576 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.913 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15576 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.521 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15576 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.41 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15575 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.923 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15575 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.016 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15575 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.124 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15575 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.717 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15575 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.811 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15575 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.813 km SSE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15575 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.615 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 15575 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.417 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15575 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.520 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15575 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.015 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15575 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.717 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 15575 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.79 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15574 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.7Island of Hawaii, Hawaii · 15574 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.27 km NE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 15574 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.517 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15574 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.222 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15573 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Fern Forest, Hawaii · 15573 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.414 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15573 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.514 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15573 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.524 km NNW of P?hala, Hawaii · 15573 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.923 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15573 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.814 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15573 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.812 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15573 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.112 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15572 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.125 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15572 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.515 km S of Volcano, Hawaii · 15572 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15572 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.914 km SSE of Volcano, Hawaii · 15572 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.521 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii · 15572 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.212 km N of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii · 15572 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.911 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15572 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.723 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 15572 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.721 km N of P?hala, Hawaii · 15572 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event hv19834326. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:32 PM UTC.