Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.9ml
Earthquake near Pāhala, HI
Yes. A magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded in Pāhala, HI, at 9:00 pm HST on 9 November 2026 (07:00 UTC), 30 km deep. No felt reports to USGS yet.
USGS: 1 km NNW of Pāhala, Hawaii
- When
- 9:00 pm HST on 9 November 2026 ()
- Where
- in Pāhala, HI · earthquakes near Pāhala
- Hawaii today
- every earthquake in Hawaii in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 30 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Hawaii County, 43 km N
- Nearest mapped fault
- Ka'oiki-Honu'apo fault system, under 1 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 17 hours ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. 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: Discovery Harbor.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 21 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 710,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 500,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 45× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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 2,900,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 43 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 22 km W of Volcano, Hawaii · 24 km N of this epicentre
- 6.4 Kaoiki area, Hawaii · 26 km NNE of this epicentre
- 6.3 20 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii · 47 km W of this epicentre
- 6.2 8 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii · 28 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.2 21 km N of Pahala, Hawaii · 20 km N 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 19.2138, -155.4820. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii County, HI | 43 km (27 mi) | N | earthquakes near Hawaii County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
8 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.1 1 km W of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 1.8 1 km WSW of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 1.8 0 km SSE of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 1.7 12 km NE of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 1.9 3 km S of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 1.8 3 km S of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 1.7 7 km SSW of Pāhala, Hawaii
- 2.1 20 km SSE 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| review status | automatic | reviewed | |
| location | 3 km NNW of Pāhala, Hawaii | 1 km NNW of Pāhala, Hawaii | |
| longitude | -155.48 | -155.48 | |
| latitude | 19.23 | 19.21 | |
| depth | 29.55 | 30.43 | |
| magnitude | 2.17 | 1.9 |
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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