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The March 19, 1926 earthquake

M6.0near Hala‘ula, Hawaii

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake, 24.6 miles off Hawaii County. The 19th strongest in Hawaii’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles in the catalogue, which runs from 1900.

The earthquake

Magnitude
6.0
as reported (fa)
Depth
—
Not recorded
Local time
Friday, March 19, 1926
22:33 HST; 09:03 UTC on Mar 20, 1926
Epicentre
20.50°N, 155.50°W
24.6 mi from Hawaii County
In Hawaii’s record
19th
strongest of 39,637 since 1900
Within 50 miles
2
counties; more on this date

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis737 (“41 km NE of Hala‘ula, 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

Earthquakes around the epicentre

436 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles of this epicentre since 1973.

Earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles of the epicentre, by year 1973: 42 42 1974: 13 1975: 5 1976: 7 1977: 10 1978: 7 1979: 13 1980: 6 1981: 8 1982: 15 1983: 6 1984: 9 1985: 5 1986: 7 1987: 4 1988: 12 1989: 7 1990: 5 1991: 13 1992: 9 1993: 4 1994: 1 1995: 2 1996: 6 1997: 15 1998: 16 1999: 9 2000: 4 2001: 3 2002: 5 2003: 3 2004: 0 2005: 10 2006: 21 2007: 8 2008: 2 2009: 2 2010: 7 2011: 8 2012: 5 2013: 6 2014: 10 2015: 10 2016: 11 2017: 5 2018: 7 2019: 9 2020: 4 2021: 3 2022: 9 2023: 6 2024: 6 2025: 16 19731978198319881993199820032008201320182023

Earlier earthquakes of magnitude 5 or more within 50 miles, strongest first

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.