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M 3.0ml

Earthquake near Honoka‘a, HI

No earthquake was likely felt in Honoka‘a in the 24 hours to 6:40 am HST (16:40 UTC). The last one was M 3.1, 15 km (10 mi) SSE, at 12:30 pm HST on 6 October 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 3 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Honoka‘a

This page: a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) northeast of Honoka‘a, HI, at 8:22 pm HST on 28 August 2024 (06:22 UTC), less than 1 km deep. 29 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 7 km NE of Honoka‘a, Hawaii

59 km (37 mi) NW of Hilo, HI

8:22 pm HST, Aug 28, 2024 · · -1.3 km deep · released about 990 lb of TNT

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When
8:22 pm HST on 28 August 2024 ()
Where
7 km (4 mi) northeast of Honoka‘a, HI · earthquakes near Honoka‘a
Hawaii today
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Magnitude
M 3.0 (ml)
Depth
-1.3 km below the surface
Felt
29 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Hawaii County, 59 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 736 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 37 km (23 mi) from the epicentre. In Honoka‘a, 7 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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: Honoka‘a 7 km, intensity III · Laupāhoehoe 24 km, intensity II · Waimea 29 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 990 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 340,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 15,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 11,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 990 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 5.2 on 2021-07-05 — about 1,700 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 5 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 6.2 3 km WSW of Honomu, Hawaii · 40 km SE of this epicentre
  2. 6.0 41 km NE of Hala‘ula, Hawaii · 43 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 6.0 51 km NNE of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 46 km NNE of this epicentre
  4. 5.3 50 km NNE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 46 km NE of this epicentre
  5. 5.0 North of Kohala, Hawaii · 43 km NNW 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 20.1187, -155.4143. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Hawaii County, HI 59 km (36 mi) S earthquakes near Hawaii County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.7 20 km N of Honoka‘a, Hawaii
  2. 3.1 19 km NE of Kukuihaele, Hawaii
  3. 1.7 20 km WSW of Pepeekeo, Hawaii
  4. 2.2 21 km W of Wainaku, Hawaii
  5. 3.0 10 km S of Waikoloa, Hawaii
  6. 2.1 13 km SSW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii
  7. 2.5 4 km NE of Hala‘ula, Hawaii
  8. 2.8 10 km SW of Laupāhoehoe, Hawaii
  9. 2.0 11 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii
  10. 1.9 14 km SE of Waimea, Hawaii
  11. 1.9 13 km S of Honoka‘a, Hawaii
  12. 2.0 10 km E of Waimea, Hawaii
  13. 1.5 28 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii
  14. 2.5 12 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii
  15. 1.6 20 km SSE of Waimea, 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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