Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 1.8md
5 km SW of Volcano, HI
Yes. A magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 5 km SW of Volcano, HI, 37 km (23 mi) SSW of Hilo, HI, at 2:49 am HST on 31 October 2019 (12:49 UTC), less than 1 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
37 km (23 mi) SSW of Hilo, HI
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (md)
- Depth
- 0.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Hawaii County, 32 km NW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Koa'e fault system, 6 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2571 days ago
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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 14 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. 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.
Likely felt in: Volcano 5 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 15 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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 in our catalogue was M 6.9 on 2018-05-04 — about 45,000,000 times the energy of this one.
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 19.4122, -155.2710. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii County, HI | 32 km (20 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Hawaii County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
60 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 28 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii
- 1.9 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 2.4 10 km NW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 2.2 6 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii
- 1.9 5 km S of P?hala, Hawaii
- 2.1 3 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii
- 2.0 2 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii
- 1.9 4 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii
- 1.9 5 km ESE of P?hala, Hawaii
- 1.7 3 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 1.9 5 km S of P?hala, Hawaii
- 2.0 2 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii
- 2.3 6 km W of P?hala, Hawaii
- 1.7 3 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 2.1 3 km ESE 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.
On USGS
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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