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M 3.1ml
Earthquake near Pāhala, HI
No earthquake was likely felt in Pāhala in the 24 hours to 10:21 am HST (20:21 UTC). The last one was M 2.6, 6 km (4 mi) S, at 7:36 pm HST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Pāhala
This page: a magnitude 3.1 earthquake was recorded 26 km (16 mi) northwest of Pāhala, HI, at 11:59 am HST on 4 November 2026 (21:59 UTC), less than 1 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 26 km NW of Pāhala, Hawaii
- When
- 11:59 am HST on 4 November 2026 ()
- Where
- 26 km (16 mi) northwest of Pāhala, HI · earthquakes near Pāhala
- Hawaii today
- every earthquake in Hawaii in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 3.1 (ml)
- Depth
- -2.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Hawaii County, 26 km NNE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Mauna Loa Volcano, 7 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 9 days 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 42 km (26 mi) from the epicentre. In Pāhala, 26 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: Pāhala 26 km, intensity II · Honaunau-Napoopoo 26 km, intensity II · Captain Cook 33 km, intensity II · Discovery Harbor 39 km, intensity II · Hawaiian Ocean View 39 km, intensity II · Volcano 41 km, intensity II · Hōlualoa 42 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1,400 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.1 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 230,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 10,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 7,400× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.1 about 1,400 lb of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.5× 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 6.0 on 2026-05-23 — about 18,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 34 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 22 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 18 km E of this epicentre
- 6.4 Kaoiki area, Hawaii · 24 km E of this epicentre
- 6.3 20 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 34 km WSW of this epicentre
- 6.2 8 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 34 km E of this epicentre
- 6.2 21 km N of Pahala, Hawaii · 18 km E 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 19.3953, -155.6213. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii County, HI | 26 km (16 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Hawaii County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.1 20 km SSE of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 1.9 1 km NNW of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 1.7 15 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii
- 1.9 5 km SSW of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 2.6 11 km E of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 1.9 5 km SSW of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 2.2 1 km WSW of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 2.5 2 km SW of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 1.7 8 km S of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 2.6 5 km S of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 1.8 5 km SSW of Fern Forest, Hawaii
- 2.0 16 km SSE of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 2.3 9 km NNE of Naalehu, Hawaii
- 1.9 6 km SSE of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 1.7 6 km SSW of Pāhala, 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.
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 | 2.2 | |
| felt reports | 1 | 2 | |
| reported intensity | not reported | 2 | |
| felt reports | not reported | 1 |
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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