Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 2.9ml
Earthquake near Hawaiian Ocean View, HI
Yes. A magnitude 2.9 earthquake was recorded 14 km (9 mi) north-northeast of Hawaiian Ocean View, HI, at 10:19 am HST on 18 October 2026 (20:19 UTC), less than 1 km deep. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
USGS: 14 km NNE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii
- When
- 10:19 am HST on 18 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 14 km (9 mi) north-northeast of Hawaiian Ocean View, HI · earthquakes near Hawaiian Ocean View
- Magnitude
- M 2.9 (ml)
- Depth
- -0.3 km below the surface
- Felt
- 4 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Hawaii County, 51 km NNE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Mauna Loa Volcano, 3 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1 hour ago
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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 31 km (19 mi) from the epicentre. In Hawaiian Ocean View, 14 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: Hawaiian Ocean View 14 km, intensity III · Discovery Harbor 17 km, intensity II · Pāhala 23 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 630 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 24,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 17,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.5× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.9 about 630 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 6.2 on 2021-10-10 — about 99,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 25 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 22 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 38 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.4 Kaoiki area, Hawaii · 42 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.3 20 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 26 km WNW of this epicentre
- 6.2 8 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 48 km ENE of this epicentre
- 6.2 21 km N of Pahala, Hawaii · 35 km NE 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 19.1802, -155.6977. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii County, HI | 51 km (32 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Hawaii County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
No further 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.
Revisions
USGS refines a solution as more stations report. Every change we have seen is listed here.
| What changed | From | To | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| reported intensity | 2.5 | 2 | |
| felt reports | 3 | 4 | |
| felt reports | 2 | 3 | |
| reported intensity | not reported | 2.5 | |
| felt reports | not reported | 2 |
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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