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M 3.2md

36 km WNW of Puako, Hawaii

· 42 km deep · released about 1,700 lb of TNT

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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
Magnitude
M 3.2 (md)
Depth
42 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Hawaii County, 87 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1239 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,700 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 8,800× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 6,200× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.2 about 1,700 lb of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.8× 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

Epicentre 20.0760, -156.1650. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Hawaii County, HI 87 km (54 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Hawaii County
Maui County, HI 98 km (61 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Maui County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 14 km W of Puako, Hawaii
  2. 1.8 16 km W of Kalaoa, Hawaii
  3. 3.9 64 km SSW of Mākena, Hawaii
  4. 1.8 Hawaii region, Hawaii
  5. 1.8 Hawaii region, Hawaii
  6. 2.0 Hawaii region, Hawaii
  7. 1.8 17 km ENE of Kalaoa, Hawaii
  8. 3.0 9 km WSW of Kalaoa, Hawaii
  9. 1.8 8 km SSE of Kapaau, Hawaii
  10. 1.7 Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
  11. 1.8 35 km WNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii
  12. 2.6 13 km NW of Puako, Hawaii
  13. 3.2 32 km WNW of Puako, Hawaii
  14. 2.2 25 km W of Kalaoa, Hawaii
  15. 2.0 25 km WNW of Kailua-Kona, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.7 on 2017-02-17 — it released about 170 times the energy of this one.

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

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