Largest earthquakes on or near the Hawaiian Islands on record since 1900 - list, stats and map

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Hawai'i (Big Island)

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Since 1900, Hawaiian Islands has had 100 quakes of magnitudes above 4 and up to 6.8:

18 quakes above magnitude 6
19 quakes between magnitude 5 and 6
63 quakes between magnitude 4 and 5

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Latest: Mag. 4.6 Earthquake 11 km W of Kalaoa, Hawaii -

Strongest: Mag. 6.8 Earthquake Hawaii region, Hawaii (USA) -

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Largest earthquakes on or near the Hawaiian Islands on record since 1900 - list, stats and map
Date and Time	Mag Depth	Nearest Volcano	Location	Details
Nov 24, 1969 09:12 am (Honolulu)	4.6 1 km	3 km (1.9 mi) to the SE	11 km W of Kalaoa, Hawaii	Info
Sunday, November 23, 1969 GMT (1 quake)
Nov 22, 1969 02:05 pm (Honolulu)	4.3 16 km		Hawaii region, Hawaii (USA)	Info
Monday, November 10, 1969 GMT (1 quake)
Nov 9, 1969 07:12 pm (Honolulu)	4.5 8.3 km		Island of Hawaii, Hawaii	Info
Wednesday, September 3, 1969 GMT (1 quake)
Sep 3, 1969 09:40 am (Honolulu)	4.4 29 km		15 km NNE of P?hala, Hawaii	Info
Sunday, July 13, 1969 GMT (1 quake)
Jul 13, 1969 01:22 am (Honolulu)	4.4 7.2 km		12 km W of P?hala, Hawaii	Info
Saturday, May 10, 1969 GMT (1 quake)
May 9, 1969 03:33 pm (Honolulu)	4.3 12 km		Hawaii region, Hawaii (USA)	Info
Monday, February 10, 1969 GMT (1 quake)
Feb 9, 1969 04:24 pm (Honolulu)	4.3 8.1 km		Island of Hawaii, Hawaii	Info
Saturday, October 26, 1968 GMT (1 quake)
Oct 25, 1968 02:47 pm (Honolulu)	4.3 33 km	9 km (5.6 mi) to the SE	Hawaii region, Hawaii	Info
Sunday, April 28, 1968 GMT (1 quake)
Apr 28, 1968 04:09 am (Honolulu)	4.3 21 km		2 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii	Info
Sunday, March 31, 1968 GMT (1 quake)
Mar 31, 1968 12:56 am (GMT -10)	4.7 19 km	57 km (35 mi) to the N	Oahu region, Hawaii (USA)	Info
Thursday, February 22, 1968 GMT (1 quake)
Feb 22, 1968 09:20 am (GMT -10)	4.6 16 km	45 km (28 mi) to the SE	Hawaii region, Hawaii (USA)	Info

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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 4.5 x 10¹⁵ joules (1262 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1.1 x 10⁶ tons of TNT or 67.9 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy

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