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Hawaii – Southern: 7.9: X: 31–77: Limited damage / homes destroyed / tsunami: Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand-alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists.
The vast majority of earthquakes in Hawaii occur on and around the Big Island. About once every 1.5 years, there is an earthquake in the state that is magnitude 5 or greater, according to the ...
HILO, Hawaii – A swarm of earthquakes shook Hawaii's Big Island late Sunday evening, part of a pattern that has been ongoing since 2019. The U.S. Geological Survey reported a magnitude 4.3 ...
Earthquakes are common in Hawaii, and this section of the Big Island in particular "has seen a lot of seismic activity since maybe 2015, but especially since 2019, with a whole series of magnitude ...
The island of Hawaii is affected by earthquakes related to three main causes. Some are associated with the movement of magma and tend to be shallow focus (less than 5 km (3.1 mi) depth). The largest earthquakes are those caused by overall gravitational spreading of the volcano, whether within the volcano's flanks or at the base of the volcanic ...
On May 4, 2018, an earthquake with a magnitude of M w 6.9 [5] struck Hawaii island in the Hawaii archipelago at around 12:33 p.m. local time. [6] The earthquake's epicenter was near the south flank of Kīlauea, which has been the site of seismic and volcanic activity since late April of that year. [7]
Seismic activity around Kīlauea, an active volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island, has increased significantly. But it doesn’t necessarily mean an eruption will soon follow.
List of earthquakes in Hawaii; 0–9. 1868 Hawaii earthquake; 1871 Lānaʻi earthquake; 1983 Kaoiki earthquake; 2006 Kiholo Bay earthquake; 2018 Hawaii earthquake; H.