What the records say
- When
- 3 Apr 1868
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 19.00° N, 155.50° W
- Deaths
- 77
- Houses destroyed
- 108
- Max water height m
- 13.7
- Source quake magnitude
- 7.9
- Runups
- 28
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1868 Hawaii earthquake
Largest recorded earthquake in Hawaiian history
The 1868 Hawaiʻi earthquake was the largest recorded in the history of Hawaiʻi island, with an estimated magnitude of 7.9 Mfa and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). The earthquake occurred at 4 p.m. local time on April 2, 1868, and caused a landslide and tsunami that led to 77 deaths. The aftershock sequence for this event has continued up to the present day.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page