Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Volcano, HI
No earthquake was likely felt in Volcano in the 24 hours to 5:39 am HST (15:39 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 1.7 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) southwest of Volcano, HI, at 9:57 am HST on 10 October 2024 (19:57 UTC), 9.0 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
USGS: 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
37 km (23 mi) SSW of Hilo, HI
- When
- 9:57 am HST on 10 October 2024 ()
- Where
- 5 km (3 mi) southwest of Volcano, HI · earthquakes near Volcano
- Hawaii today
- every earthquake in Hawaii in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Hawaii County, 33 km NW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Koa'e fault system, 5 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 765 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, 5 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 5 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 970,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 86× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 61,000,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 43 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 7.7 17 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 29 km ESE of this epicentre
- 6.7 Island of Hawai`i, Hawaii · 27 km ESE of this epicentre
- 6.7 22 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 19 km W of this epicentre
- 6.4 Kaoiki area, Hawaii · 14 km W of this epicentre
- 6.2 Kilauea South Flank, Hawaii · 27 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 19.4063, -155.2673. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii County, HI | 33 km (20 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.
- 1.7 1 km S of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 1.7 7 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii
- 2.0 4 km SE of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 1.7 19 km NNE of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 2.2 12 km SE of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 2.1 12 km NE of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 2.0 10 km ESE of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 1.8 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
- 1.8 14 km ESE of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 2.1 11 km NE of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 2.1 1 km SSW of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 1.8 17 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
- 1.8 16 km S of Volcano, Hawaii
- 1.8 24 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 1.5 14 km NE 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
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