Earthquake near Hana, HI

USGS: 13 km SSE of Hana, Hawaii

2:26 am HST, Dec 13, 2016 · 2016-12-13 12:26 UTC · 12 km deep · released about 320 lb of TNT

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When: 2:26 am HST on 13 December 2016 (2016-12-13 12:26 UTC)
Where: 13 km (8 mi) SSE of Hana, HI · earthquakes near Hana
Magnitude: M 2.7 (ml)
Depth: 12 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Maui County, 73 km WNW
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 2279 days ago · we first saw it 2279 days ago

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake was recorded 13 km (8 mi) SSE of Hana, HI, at 2:26 am HST on 13 December 2016 (12:26 UTC). This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 320 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 48,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 34,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.7 about 320 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 7 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

6.6 10 km ENE of Wailua, Hawaii · 30 km NNW of this epicentre Jan 23, 1938
6.0 41 km NE of Hala‘ula, Hawaii · 48 km ESE of this epicentre Mar 20, 1926
5.8 2 km WSW of Hana, Hawaii · 14 km NNW of this epicentre Sep 26, 1929
5.6 Maui region, Hawaii · 39 km N of this epicentre Jun 4, 1904
5.1 24 km WNW of H?w?, Hawaii · 35 km SSW of this epicentre Feb 21, 1976

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

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Epicentre 20.6512, -155.9368. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Maui County, HI	73 km (45 mi)	WNW	earthquakes near Maui County
Kalawao County, HI	125 km (78 mi)	WNW	earthquakes near Kalawao County
Hawaii County, HI	126 km (78 mi)	SSE	earthquakes near Hawaii County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

41 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

2.1 36 km NNE of Hala‘ula, Hawaii 10:00 UTC
2.7 32 km NW of H?w?, Hawaii 05:47 UTC
2.4 3 km E of Hala‘ula, Hawaii 04:24 UTC
2.8 19 km NW of H?w?, Hawaii 05:32 UTC
3.7 2 km N of Haliimaile, Hawaii 07:43 UTC
2.5 Hawaii region, Hawaii 00:44 UTC
2.5 16 km N of Hala‘ula, Hawaii 08:28 UTC
2.3 14 km NNE of Hala‘ula, Hawaii 16:10 UTC
2.5 17 km NE of Hala‘ula, Hawaii 08:33 UTC
2.8 10 km ESE of M?kena, Hawaii 04:05 UTC
2.7 34 km E of Hana, Hawaii 14:27 UTC
2.0 35 km ENE of Hana, Hawaii 01:00 UTC
2.5 26 km WNW of H?w?, Hawaii 11:27 UTC
2.8 26 km ESE of Hana, Hawaii 19:30 UTC
2.5 12 km N of Hala‘ula, Hawaii 04:28 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 02:13 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

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