Earthquake near Volcano, HI

USGS: 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

38 km (24 mi) SSW of Hilo, HI

6:05 am HST, Oct 7, 2026 · 2026-10-07 16:05 UTC · 1.7 km deep · released about 7.1 lb of TNT

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When: 6:05 am HST on 7 October 2026 (2026-10-07 16:05 UTC)
Where: 7 km (4 mi) SW of Volcano, HI · earthquakes near Volcano
Magnitude: M 1.6 (ml)
Depth: 1.7 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Hawaii County, 32 km NW
Nearest mapped fault: Koa'e fault system, 5 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 5 hours ago · we first saw it 5 hours ago

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) SW of Volcano, HI, at 6:05 am HST on 7 October 2026 (16:05 UTC). 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 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Volcano, 7 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.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Fern Forest, Eden Roc, Fern Acres, Mountain View, Hawaiian Acres.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.1 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,100,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.1 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 95,000,000 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 · 30 km ESE of this epicentre Nov 29, 1975
6.7 Island of Hawai`i, Hawaii · 28 km ESE of this epicentre Sep 21, 1908
6.7 22 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 18 km W of this epicentre Nov 16, 1983
6.4 Kaoiki area, Hawaii · 13 km WNW of this epicentre Mar 28, 1915
6.2 Kilauea South Flank, Hawaii · 28 km ESE of this epicentre May 4, 1905

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

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Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Hawaii County, HI	32 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

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

1.7 1 km WSW of Pāhala, Hawaii 22:18 UTC
2.4 26 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii 18:33 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 22:53 UTC. 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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