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M 2.9ml

16 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii

· 34 km deep · released about 680 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.9 (ml)
Depth
34 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Hawaii County, 72 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2713 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 680 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 680 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.

Where

Epicentre 18.9532, -155.4775. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Hawaii County, HI 72 km (45 mi) S of here earthquakes near Hawaii County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 8 km E of P?hala, Hawaii
  2. 1.9 8 km E of P?hala, Hawaii
  3. 2.4 12 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii
  4. 2.1 10 km S of P?hala, Hawaii
  5. 1.8 9 km NNE of Wai‘?hinu, Hawaii
  6. 1.7 2 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii
  7. 1.6 41 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii
  8. 1.8 2 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii
  9. 2.0 18 km N of P?hala, Hawaii
  10. 1.9 2 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii
  11. 1.8 4 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii
  12. 1.7 9 km E of P?hala, Hawaii
  13. 2.0 18 km SSE of Naalehu, Hawaii
  14. 1.9 4 km WSW of P?hala, Hawaii
  15. 1.9 18 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii

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

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