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M 1.8ml
Earthquake near Volcano, HI
No earthquake was likely felt in Volcano in the 24 hours to 12:33 pm HST (22:33 UTC). The last one was M 1.9, 6 km (4 mi) W, at 11:09 am HST on 11 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Volcano
This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 4 km (2 mi) east-northeast of Volcano, HI, at 7:31 pm HST on 6 January 2024 (05:31 UTC), 9.6 km deep.
USGS: 3 km ENE of Volcano, Hawaii
29 km (18 mi) SSW of Hilo, HI
- When
- 7:31 pm HST on 6 January 2024 ()
- Where
- 4 km (2 mi) east-northeast of Volcano, HI · earthquakes near Volcano
- Hawaii today
- every earthquake in Hawaii in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Hawaii County, 35 km WNW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Koa'e fault system, 11 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
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USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1041 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 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Volcano, 4 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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 4 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 5.7 730,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 65× 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 since 2016 was M 6.9 on 2018-05-04 — about 46,000,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 44 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 7.7 17 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 25 km ESE of this epicentre
- 6.7 Island of Hawai`i, Hawaii · 22 km ESE of this epicentre
- 6.7 22 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 26 km W of this epicentre
- 6.4 Kaoiki area, Hawaii · 21 km W of this epicentre
- 6.2 Kilauea South Flank, Hawaii · 22 km ESE 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 19.4563, -155.1998. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii County, HI | 35 km (22 mi) | WNW | 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.
- 1.9 9 km ENE of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 2.3 2 km S of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 1.7 2 km E of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 3.2 9 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 1.8 2 km SW of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 2.4 5 km S of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 2.3 9 km E of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 2.0 3 km S of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 1.8 2 km SW of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 2.1 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 1.9 9 km NE of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 1.8 9 km ENE of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 2.4 3 km SSW of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 2.1 4 km NNE of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 2.1 7 km SW of Volcano, 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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- 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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