The March 28, 1915 earthquake
M6.4Kaoiki area, Hawaii
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake, centred in Hawaii County. The 9th strongest in Hawaii’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 6.7 on September 20, 1908.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.4
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Sunday, March 28, 1915
- 08:26 HST; 18:56 UTC
- In Hawaii’s record
- 9th
- strongest of 39,637 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event official19150328185600000 (“Kaoiki area, Hawaii”). The USGS event page carries the ShakeMap, felt reports and the official summary.
Counties and cities within 50 miles
Distance from the epicentre to each county boundary (zero when inside) and to each city centre.
Counties
- Hawaii CountyHI · inside
Earthquakes around the epicentre
7,187 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles of this epicentre since 1973.
Earlier earthquakes of magnitude 5 or more within 50 miles, strongest first
- September 20, 1908M6.7
- May 3, 1905M6.2
- October 25, 1913M5.8
- March 13, 1909M5.3
- April 4, 1904M5.3
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.