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M 4.4ml

53 km W of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii

· 39 km deep · released about 62 tons of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 4.4 (ml)
Depth
39 km below the surface
Felt
135 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Measured shaking
intensity IV (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert
green
Nearest
Hawaii County, 101 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 498 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 135 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 62 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 2,700× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 120× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 86× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.4 about 62 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 130× more

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.

Where

Epicentre 19.0560, -156.2693. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Hawaii County, HI 101 km (62 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Hawaii County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 13 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii
  2. 2.6 91 km W of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii
  3. 1.9 48 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii
  4. 1.8 60 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii
  5. 1.8 6 km NW of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii
  6. 2.5 63 km WSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii
  7. 3.6 24 km WSW of Kahaluu-Keauhou, Hawaii
  8. 2.4 45 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii
  9. 1.7 51 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
  10. 2.6 42 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii
  11. 1.9 31 km WSW of Kahaluu-Keauhou, Hawaii
  12. 1.9 35 km WSW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
  13. 2.5 27 km WSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii
  14. 3.3 50 km W of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii
  15. 2.7 88 km WSW of Kahaluu-Keauhou, 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.

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