The March 7, 1955 earthquake
M5.4near Leilani Estates, Hawaii
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake, 1.9 miles off Hawaii County. The 51st strongest in Hawaii’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 5.4 on July 3, 1954.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.4
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Monday, March 7, 1955
- 22:21 HST; 08:21 UTC on Mar 8, 1955
- In Hawaii’s record
- 51st
- strongest of 39,637 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis2018 (“17 km SSW of Leilani Estates, 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 · 1.9 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
6,819 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
- March 28, 1915M6.4
- November 1, 1918M6.2
- May 3, 1905M6.2
- September 14, 1919M6.1
- March 30, 1954M6.1
- January 2, 1935M5.9
- October 25, 1913M5.8
- December 27, 1944M5.6
- November 21, 1935M5.6
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.