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M 2.3ml

Earthquake near Honaunau-Napoopoo, HI

No earthquake was likely felt in Honaunau-Napoopoo in the 24 hours to 7:14 am HST (17:14 UTC). The last one was M 3.1, 26 km (16 mi) ESE, at 11:59 am HST on 4 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 2 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Honaunau-Napoopoo

This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 27 km (17 mi) east of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HI, at 3:21 pm HST on 7 April 2019 (01:21 UTC), less than 1 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 26 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii

3:21 pm HST, Apr 7, 2019 · · -0.7 km deep · released about 72 lb of TNT

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When
3:21 pm HST on 7 April 2019 ()
Where
27 km (17 mi) east of Honaunau-Napoopoo, HI · earthquakes near Honaunau-Napoopoo
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Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
-0.7 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Hawaii County, 21 km NNE
Nearest mapped fault
Mauna Loa Volcano, 2 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2705 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 19 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In Honaunau-Napoopoo, 27 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Pāhala.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 72 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 210,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 150,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 13× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 72 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

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 5.5 on 2019-03-13 — about 86,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 32 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.7 22 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 17 km E of this epicentre
  2. 6.4 Kaoiki area, Hawaii · 22 km E of this epicentre
  3. 6.3 20 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 37 km WSW of this epicentre
  4. 6.2 8 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 33 km E of this epicentre
  5. 6.2 21 km N of Pahala, Hawaii · 18 km ESE of this epicentre

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

Epicentre 19.4382, -155.6120. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Hawaii County, HI 21 km (13 mi) NNE earthquakes near Hawaii County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 6 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii
  2. 2.1 19 km ENE of Kalaoa, Hawaii
  3. 1.9 25 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii
  4. 1.9 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii
  5. 1.8 26 km W of Volcano, Hawaii
  6. 2.5 18 km ENE of Kalaoa, Hawaii
  7. 1.6 17 km S of Waikoloa, Hawaii
  8. 2.0 17 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii
  9. 3.2 Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
  10. 1.7 18 km E of Kalaoa, Hawaii
  11. 1.7 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
  12. 1.8 19 km E of Kalaoa, Hawaii
  13. 1.8 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
  14. 1.8 23 km N of P?hala, Hawaii
  15. 2.0 19 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, 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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