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M 3.6ml

Earthquake near Volcano, HI

No earthquake was likely felt in Volcano in the 24 hours to 12:56 pm HST (22:56 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 3.6 earthquake was recorded 15 km (9 mi) south of Volcano, HI, at 12:21 pm HST on 25 September 2025 (22:21 UTC), 7.3 km deep. 31 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii

44 km (28 mi) SSW of Hilo, HI

12:21 pm HST, Sep 25, 2025 · · 7.3 km deep · released about 4.2 tons of TNT

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When
12:21 pm HST on 25 September 2025 ()
Where
15 km (9 mi) south of Volcano, HI · earthquakes near Volcano
Hawaii today
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Magnitude
M 3.6 (ml)
Depth
7.3 km below the surface
Felt
31 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Measured shaking
intensity III (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Hawaii County, 44 km NW
Nearest mapped fault
Hilina fault system, under 1 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 338 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 71 km (44 mi) from the epicentre. In Volcano, 15 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: Volcano 15 km, intensity III · Mountain View 30 km, intensity III · Pāhala 30 km, intensity III · Leilani Estates 36 km, intensity II · Hawaiian Paradise Park 40 km, intensity II · Hilo 48 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 4.2 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 40,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,800× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.6 about 4.2 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 8.8× 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 6.9 on 2018-05-04 — about 80,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 47 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 7.7 17 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii · 23 km E of this epicentre
  2. 6.7 Island of Hawai`i, Hawaii · 21 km ENE of this epicentre
  3. 6.7 22 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 28 km WNW of this epicentre
  4. 6.4 Kaoiki area, Hawaii · 23 km NW of this epicentre
  5. 6.2 Kilauea South Flank, Hawaii · 21 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 19.3110, -155.2168. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Hawaii County, HI 44 km (27 mi) NW earthquakes near Hawaii County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 19 km SE of Pāhala, Hawaii
  2. 1.5 22 km N of Pāhala, Hawaii
  3. 1.9 3 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
  4. 1.7 9 km NNE of Pāhala, Hawaii
  5. 1.8 9 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii
  6. 1.9 13 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii
  7. 1.8 23 km W of Volcano, Hawaii
  8. 2.0 0 km W of Pāhala, Hawaii
  9. 1.9 9 km NE of Pāhala, Hawaii
  10. 1.8 3 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
  11. 1.8 0 km NE of Volcano, Hawaii
  12. 1.8 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
  13. 1.7 27 km W of Volcano, Hawaii
  14. 1.8 6 km W of Pāhala, Hawaii
  15. 1.8 15 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.

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