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M 1.5md
Earthquake near Volcano, HI
No earthquake was likely felt in Volcano in the 24 hours to 4:30 pm HST (02:30 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 1.5 earthquake was recorded 20 km (13 mi) south of Volcano, HI, at 7:32 pm HST on 2 February 2024 (05:32 UTC), 8.3 km deep.
USGS: 20 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
49 km (31 mi) SSW of Hilo, HI
- When
- 7:32 pm HST on 2 February 2024 ()
- Where
- 20 km (13 mi) south of Volcano, HI · earthquakes near Volcano
- Hawaii today
- every earthquake in Hawaii in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (md)
- Depth
- 8.3 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Hawaii County, 48 km NW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Hilina fault system, 2 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
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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 6 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Volcano, 20 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Fern Forest, Eden Roc, Pāhala.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 130,000,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 47 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 7.7 17 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23 km ENE of this epicentre
- 6.7 Island of Hawai`i, Hawaii · 22 km ENE of this epicentre
- 6.7 22 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 31 km NW of this epicentre
- 6.4 Kaoiki area, Hawaii · 27 km NW of this epicentre
- 6.2 Kilauea South Flank, Hawaii · 22 km ENE 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 19.2627, -155.2072. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii County, HI | 48 km (30 mi) | NW | 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 13 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 1.9 13 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 1.7 14 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 1.7 8 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 1.9 13 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 2.4 9 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
- 2.4 12 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 2.5 16 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 1.8 16 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 2.1 16 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 1.9 13 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 1.8 13 km SE of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 2.5 19 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
- 2.1 9 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 1.7 13 km ENE of Pāhala, 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
- 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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