Past earthquakes on or near the Hawaiian Islands: 2020 - list, stats and map

Hawai'i (Big Island)

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In 2020, Hawaiian Islands has had 7,528 quakes of magnitudes up to 4.7:

9 quakes above magnitude 4
128 quakes between magnitude 3 and 4
3,673 quakes between magnitude 2 and 3
3,718 quakes below magnitude 2 that people normally don't feel.

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Strongest: Mag. 4.7 Earthquake 19 km SE of Naalehu, Hawaii -

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Past earthquakes on or near the Hawaiian Islands: 2020 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Nearest Volcano	Location	Details
Dec 31, 2020 06:28 am (Honolulu)	3.0 31 km		1 Km ENE of Pāhala, Hawaii, USA	Info
Sunday, December 27, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 27, 2020 09:02 am (GMT -10)	2.9 35 km	30 km (19 mi) to the E	41 Km SSE of Mākena, Hawaii, USA	Info
Saturday, December 26, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 26, 2020 09:09 am (Honolulu)	3.4 7 km		ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII, USA	Info
Friday, December 25, 2020 GMT (2 quakes)
Dec 24, 2020 07:18 pm (Honolulu)	3.6 33 km		7 Km ENE of Pāhala, Hawaii, USA 26 reports	Info
Dec 24, 2020 07:13 pm (Honolulu)	3.3 32 km		8 Km NE of Pāhala, Hawaii, USA 7 reports	Info
Monday, December 21, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 20, 2020 10:36 pm (Honolulu)	4.4 6.3 km		14 km S of Fern Forest, Hawaii 51 reports	Info
Sunday, December 20, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 19, 2020 09:47 pm (GMT -10)	3.2 38 km	31 km (19 mi) to the SE	North Pacific Ocean, 32 mi southeast of Hawaiian Ocean View, USA 2 reports	Info
Saturday, December 19, 2020 GMT (3 quakes)
Dec 18, 2020 06:09 pm (Honolulu)	2.9 6.2 km		7.3 mi southeast of Fern Forest, Hawaii, USA	Info
Dec 18, 2020 05:24 pm (Honolulu)	3.1 1.7 km		3.5 mi southwest of Volcano Village, Hawaii, USA	Info
Dec 18, 2020 03:04 pm (Honolulu)	3.3 31 km		3.9 mi southwest of Pāhala, Hawaii, USA 5 reports	Info
Friday, December 18, 2020 GMT (1 quake)
Dec 17, 2020 10:34 pm (Honolulu)	2.9 1 km		6 mi south of Volcano Village, Hawaii, USA	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 3.5 x 10¹² joules (961 megawatt hours, equivalent to 827 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy

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