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M 1.9md

Earthquake near Hawaiian Paradise Park, HI

No earthquake was likely felt in Hawaiian Paradise Park in the 24 hours to 10:44 am HST (20:44 UTC). The last one was M 2.8, 25 km (16 mi) SE, at 6:15 pm HST on 1 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Hawaiian Paradise Park

This page: a magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 44 km (27 mi) south-southwest of Hawaiian Paradise Park, HI, at 9:38 pm HST on 2 July 2022 (07:38 UTC), 40 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.

USGS: Island of Hawaii, Hawaii

52 km (32 mi) S of Hilo, HI

9:38 pm HST, Jul 2, 2022 · · 40 km deep · released about 23 lb of TNT

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When
9:38 pm HST on 2 July 2022 ()
Where
44 km (27 mi) south-southwest of Hawaiian Paradise Park, HI · earthquakes near Hawaiian Paradise Park
Hawaii today
every earthquake in Hawaii in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 1.9 (md)
Depth
40 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Hawaii County, 57 km NW
Nearest mapped fault
Hilina fault system, 7 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 1597 days ago

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

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Hawaiian Paradise Park, 44 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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: Fern Forest, Volcano, Eden Roc.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 23 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 660,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 470,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 42× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 23 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 6.9 on 2018-05-04 — about 30,000,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 45 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 7.7 17 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 18 km NE of this epicentre
  2. 6.7 Island of Hawai`i, Hawaii · 18 km NE of this epicentre
  3. 6.7 22 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 41 km WNW of this epicentre
  4. 6.4 Kaoiki area, Hawaii · 37 km NW of this epicentre
  5. 6.2 Kilauea South Flank, Hawaii · 18 km NE 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 19.2263, -155.1247. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Hawaii County, HI 57 km (36 mi) NW earthquakes near Hawaii County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 8 km NE of P?hala, Hawaii
  2. 1.8 4 km SSW of P?hala, Hawaii
  3. 2.2 2 km SE of P?hala, Hawaii
  4. 2.3 5 km SSW of P?hala, Hawaii
  5. 1.8 4 km SW of P?hala, Hawaii
  6. 2.0 5 km SW of P?hala, Hawaii
  7. 1.8 6 km SSE of P?hala, Hawaii
  8. 1.9 3 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii
  9. 2.1 7 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii
  10. 2.1 7 km ENE of P?hala, Hawaii
  11. 1.6 8 km E of P?hala, Hawaii
  12. 1.8 5 km SSW of P?hala, Hawaii
  13. 1.8 5 km SSW of P?hala, Hawaii
  14. 1.7 4 km S of P?hala, Hawaii
  15. 2.8 10 km ENE 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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