Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 1.9md
Earthquake near Hilo, HI
No earthquake was likely felt in Hilo in the 24 hours to 8:38 am HST (18:38 UTC). The last one was M 3.1, 41 km (25 mi) S, at 3:09 pm HST on 12 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 6 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Hilo
This page: a magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 41 km (26 mi) west of Hilo, HI, at 7:59 pm HST on 14 February 2024 (05:59 UTC), 12 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
USGS: 34 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii
43 km (26 mi) W of Hilo, HI
- When
- 7:59 pm HST on 14 February 2024 ()
- Where
- 41 km (26 mi) west of Hilo, HI · earthquakes near Hilo
- Hawaii today
- every earthquake in Hawaii in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (md)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Hawaii County, 17 km S
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1003 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 7 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Hilo, 41 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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 18 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 840,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 600,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 53× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.9 about 18 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 5.4 on 2018-06-01 — about 210,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 17 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 22 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 36 km S of this epicentre
- 6.7 14 km SW of Puako, Hawaii · 49 km WNW of this epicentre
- 6.4 Kaoiki area, Hawaii · 36 km SSE of this epicentre
- 6.2 8 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 43 km SSE of this epicentre
- 6.2 21 km N of Pahala, Hawaii · 39 km S 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 19.7472, -155.4855. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii County, HI | 17 km (10 mi) | S | earthquakes near Hawaii County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
42 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 7 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 1.8 7 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 1.8 7 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 1.9 7 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 1.7 10 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 2.2 14 km S of Honoka‘a, Hawaii
- 1.8 9 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 2.0 7 km WSW of Laupāhoehoe, Hawaii
- 1.7 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 1.9 10 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 1.9 16 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii
- 1.8 11 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 1.9 10 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 1.9 10 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 1.7 11 km SSW 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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