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M 3.4ml

Earthquake near Waimea, HI

No earthquake was likely felt in Waimea in the 24 hours to 8:18 pm HST (06:18 UTC). The last one was M 2.6, 15 km (9 mi) W, at 2:41 am HST on 10 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 3 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Waimea

This page: a magnitude 3.4 earthquake was recorded 39 km (24 mi) north-northeast of Waimea, HI, at 4:24 am HST on 26 November 2025 (14:24 UTC), 4.5 km deep. 19 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 25 km ENE of Hala‘ula, Hawaii

4:24 am HST, Nov 26, 2025 · · 4.5 km deep · released about 2.1 tons of TNT

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When
4:24 am HST on 26 November 2025 ()
Where
39 km (24 mi) north-northeast of Waimea, HI · earthquakes near Waimea
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Magnitude
M 3.4 (ml)
Depth
4.5 km below the surface
Felt
19 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Measured shaking
intensity III (ShakeMap)
Nearest
Hawaii County, 85 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 263 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 59 km (37 mi) from the epicentre. In Waimea, 39 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: Kapaau 28 km, intensity II · Honoka‘a 33 km, intensity II · Waimea 39 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 2.1 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 80,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 3,600× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,500× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.4 about 2.1 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 4.4× 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 5.2 on 2021-07-05 — about 410 times the energy of this one.

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

  1. 6.0 41 km NE of Hala‘ula, Hawaii · 17 km NNE of this epicentre
  2. 6.0 51 km NNE of Honoka‘a, Hawaii · 37 km ENE of this epicentre
  3. 5.3 50 km NNE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii · 46 km E of this epicentre
  4. 5.1 24 km WNW of H?w?, Hawaii · 49 km W of this epicentre
  5. 5.0 North of Kohala, Hawaii · 17 km NNE 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 20.3613, -155.5723. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Hawaii County, HI 85 km (53 mi) S earthquakes near Hawaii County
Maui County, HI 120 km (75 mi) WNW earthquakes near Maui County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 9 km WNW of Waimea, Hawaii
  2. 2.3 11 km SSW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii
  3. 1.8 8 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii
  4. 2.6 9 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii
  5. 2.4 11 km SW of Hāwī, Hawaii
  6. 2.5 4 km SW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii
  7. 1.9 16 km SSW of Honoka‘a, Hawaii
  8. 1.9 9 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii
  9. 2.0 8 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii
  10. 3.3 8 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii
  11. 3.1 5 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii
  12. 2.0 9 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii
  13. 2.2 9 km S of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii
  14. 2.4 6 km SSE of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii
  15. 1.9 11 km SW of Pa‘auilo, 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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