#Maui earthquake

There is no tsunami threat to Maui following a preliminary magnitude 4.6 earthquake, located in the deep ocean northeast of Maui. The quake occurred at 11:29 a.m. on Thursday, July 13, 2023.

Many people living in the Hawaiian Islands are accustomed to feeling occasional earthquakes since the State of Hawai‘i is one of the most seismically active locations in the United States. Unlike some other earthquake-prone places in the U.S., for example California, where the earthquakes are related to tectonic plates sliding past each other, our earthquakes are related to volcanoes.

There is no tsunami expected following a magnitude 5.2 (preliminary 5.0) earthquake reported at 1:44 p.m. HST on Monday, July 5, 2021 off the Hamakua Coast of Hawaiʻi Island.

There were no immediate reports of damage following a 3.7 (preliminary magnitude 3.3) earthquake reported at 9:43 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020 on Maui. The USGS reports that the quake was located:  2.5 km (1.6 mi) ESE of Paia, Hawaii. There was no immediate advisories issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. 

This earthquake is part of the continuing adjustments beneath the south flank of Kīlauea following the magnitude-6.9 earthquake that occurred on May 4, 2018.

A preliminary earthquake report shows a 4.0 magnitude earthquake occurred around 7:51 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, about 83 miles off of Hawaiʻi’s coast.

The 4.2 earthquake early Sunday morning in the ‘Alenuihāhā Channel, was likely due to bending of the oceanic plate from the weight of the island.

There is no tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi after a 6.8 (7.2 preliminary magnitude) quake reported at 10:23a HST on Friday, April 28, 2017 in Mindanao, Philippines

The depth, location, and recorded seismic waves of the earthquake suggest a source due to bending of the oceanic plate from the weight of the Hawaiian Island chain.

There is no tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi after a preliminary magnitude 4.1 earthquake reported at 4:26 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 in the summit region of the Mauna Loa Volcano on Hawaiʻi Island, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

There is no tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi after a preliminary magnitude 7.6 moment earthquake reported at 3:27 p.m. HST on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016 in Southeast of the Loyalty Islands.

Understanding interseismic deformation at the San Andreas Fault will improve the quantification of seismic hazards in southern California and beyond.

Three small quakes nudged the outer islands between March 28 and April 5, offering a gentle reminder that damaging earthquakes are part of Hawaiʻi’s history.

The agencies measured the quake at a depth of about 12.2 miles and say it was located 43 miles NNE of Honoka’a on Hawaiʻi Island; 58 mi east of Hāna, Maui; and and 81 miles E of Kīhei on Maui.

Officials with the US Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcanoes Observatory tell Maui Now that the cause of Monday’s 3.6 earthquake on Maui was likely due to flexure of the oceanic crust beneath the islands.

There is no tsunami expected following a preliminary magnitude 3.6 earthquake reported at 4:04 a.m. on Monday, March 28, 2016, four miles West of Kīhei, Maui, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

There were no immediate advisories issued following a preliminary magnitude 3.1 earthquake reported at 12:27 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, in waters between Maui and the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

There were no immediate advisories issued following a preliminary magnitude 3.0 earthquake reported at 3:18 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 19, 2015 about 19 miles SW of Kīhei in South Maui.

There is no tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi following a preliminary magnitude 4.0 earthquake reported at 8:16 a.m. HST on Monday, Feb. 9, 2015 in the summit region of the Kīlauea Volcano on Hawaiʻi Island, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

There were no immediate advisories issued following a magnitude 4.2 earthquake reported at 8:42 p.m. about 35 miles WNW of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.