Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.8ml
Earthquake near Hilo, HI
USGS: 10 km SSW of Pa‘auilo, Hawaii
45 km (28 mi) NW of Hilo, HI
- When
- 11:57 am HST on 6 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 41 km (26 mi) NW of Hilo, HI · earthquakes near Hilo
- Magnitude
- M 2.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 11 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Hawaii County, 40 km SSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3 hours ago
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake was recorded 41 km (26 mi) NW of Hilo, HI, at 11:57 am HST on 6 October 2026 (21:57 UTC). This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Honoka‘a, Laupāhoehoe, Waimea.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 510 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 30,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 21,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.9× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.8 about 510 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 5.3 on 2019-04-14 — about 6,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.2 3 km WSW of Honomu, Hawaii · 29 km ESE of this epicentre
- 5.6 30 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii · 50 km SSW 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 19.9508, -155.4080. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii County, HI | 40 km (25 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Hawaii County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
2 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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