35 km WSW of H?w?, Hawaii

2021-08-03 12:08 UTC · 8.5 km deep · released about 1,500 lb 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: 2021-08-03 12:08 UTC
Magnitude: M 3.1 (ml)
Depth: 8.5 km below the surface
Felt: 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest: Maui County, 90 km NNW
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 1810 days ago · we first saw it 1810 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,500 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 220,000× the energy of this one
Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 9,800× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 6,900× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 3.1 about 1,500 lb of TNT
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.6× 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 20.1645, -156.1612. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction
Maui County, HI	90 km (56 mi)	SSE of here	earthquakes near Maui County
Hawaii County, HI	93 km (58 mi)	NW of here	earthquakes near Hawaii County
Kalawao County, HI	145 km (90 mi)	SE of here	earthquakes near Kalawao County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

2.4 14 km NNE of Puako, Hawaii 22:15 UTC
2.8 8 km NE of Puako, Hawaii 12:26 UTC
3.1 Maui region, Hawaii 17:55 UTC
2.6 22 km WSW of H?w?, Hawaii 01:24 UTC
2.9 15 km WNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii 22:36 UTC
2.1 21 km WNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii 15:05 UTC
2.1 17 km WNW of Puako, Hawaii 02:35 UTC
3.4 22 km NNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii 05:11 UTC
2.1 24 km WNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii 20:18 UTC
3.0 33 km WNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii 20:40 UTC
2.2 16 km WNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii 14:18 UTC
2.0 16 km NNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii 13:41 UTC
2.1 5 km SW of Waikoloa, Hawaii 07:34 UTC
2.0 1 km SE of Hala‘ula, Hawaii 23:30 UTC
2.8 49 km NW of Kalaoa, Hawaii 04:13 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 03:54 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 4.7 on 2017-02-17 — it released about 190 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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