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LatestSee all | Mag. 2.3 earthquake 2.5 mi southwest of P?hala - Hawaii, United States - 7 hours ago |
Strongest past 7 days | Mag. 4.0 19 mi northeast of Hawaiian Ocean View - Hawaii, United States - 1 day 1 hours ago |
Find all latest earthquakes in or near Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA, in our list below, updated every minute! Events are often reported within minutes. If you just felt a quake near Kailua-Kona, find out which quakes are happening right now!
In the past 24 hours, Kailua-Kona has had 6 quakes of magnitudes up to 2.5.
In the past 7 days, Kailua-Kona has had 52 quakes of magnitudes up to 4.0 within up to 100 km (63 mi) distance:
Oldest quakes are shown in yellow, most recent in red.
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Estimated combined seismic energy released: 7 x 1010 joules (19.5 megawatt hours, equivalent to 16.8 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 4.0 | about seismic energy
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Earthquake statistics
Based on data from the past 25 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 12,000 quakes on average per year in or near Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA:
Kailua-Kona has a very high level of seismic activity. Kailua-Kona has had at least 14 quakes above magnitude 6 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 5 to 10 years.
Kailua-Kona Earthquake FAQ
Kailua-Kona has a very high level of seismic activity. Based on data from the past 25 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 12,000 quakes on average per year in or near Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA. Kailua-Kona has had at least 14 quakes above magnitude 6 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 5 to 10 years.
The last earthquake in Kailua-Kona occurred 7 hours ago and had a magnitude of 2.3:
A light magnitude 2.3 earthquake hit 4 km (2.5 mi) away from P?hala, Hawaii, United States, around noon of Friday, Sep 19, 2025 at 1.40 pm local time (GMT -10). The quake had a very shallow depth of 32 km (20 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so).
In the past 7 days, Kailua-Kona was shaken by 1 quake of magnitude 4.0, 1 quake of magnitude , and 15 quakes between 2.0 and 3.0. There were also 35 quakes below magnitude 2.0 which people don't normally feel.
The strongest earthquake in Kailua-Kona in the past 7 days had a magnitude of 4.0 and occurred 1 day 1 hours ago:
A moderate magnitude 4.0 earthquake hit 30 km (19 mi) away from Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii, United States, in the late afternoon of Thursday, Sep 18, 2025 at 7.52 pm local time (GMT -10). The quake had a very shallow depth of 31 km (19 mi) and was felt widely in the area.
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Largest Quakes in or near Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA
Note: This section considers only quakes that have occurred near the city, i.e. in up to 100 km (62 mi) distance. It is possible that larger quakes at greater distances have affected it during history, but are not included in this section because they are no longer considered as "near" in this analysis. You can look up earthquakes for the wider region or other cities to find out if larger quakes have occcurred in neighboring areas.
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