18 km SW of Laup?hoehoe, Hawaii

2019-11-11 16:35 UTC · 33 km deep · released about 370 tons of TNT

Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.

When: 2019-11-11 16:35 UTC
Magnitude: M 4.9 (ml)
Depth: 33 km below the surface
Felt: 1378 reports · strongest reported intensity V
Measured shaking: intensity VI (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert: green
Nearest: Hawaii County, 33 km SSW
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 2288 days ago · we first saw it 2288 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 1378 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 370 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 450× the energy of this one
Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 20× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 14× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 4.9 about 370 tons of TNT
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 790× more

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

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Epicentre 19.8638, -155.3562. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction
Hawaii County, HI	33 km (21 mi)	NNE of here	earthquakes near Hawaii County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

2.1 30 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii 16:32 UTC
2.1 17 km ENE of Kalaoa, Hawaii 01:51 UTC
2.2 8 km NW of Kurtistown, Hawaii 20:19 UTC
2.0 14 km S of Honoka‘a, Hawaii 19:13 UTC
1.9 5 km W of Volcano, Hawaii 08:34 UTC
2.0 15 km SSW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii 15:06 UTC
1.7 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii 00:28 UTC
1.8 23 km W of Volcano, Hawaii 13:16 UTC
2.7 Island of Hawaii, Hawaii 19:41 UTC
2.0 29 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii 00:47 UTC
1.9 4 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii 16:31 UTC
2.5 7 km NNE of Kukuihaele, Hawaii 22:48 UTC
2.2 27 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii 11:53 UTC
1.9 20 km W of Volcano, Hawaii 00:48 UTC
1.7 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii 04:48 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 19:01 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 5.3 on 2019-04-14 — it released about 4.1 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one

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