M 6.8 - Moloka`i area, Hawaii

  • 1871-02-20 08:35:00 (UTC)
  • 21.170°N 156.920°W
  • - depth

Official Magnitude and Origin updated 05-Nov-2019
Reference:

Klein, F.W. and Wright, T.L. (2000).
Catalog of Hawaiian earthquakes, 1823-1959.
U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1623, USGS Information Services, Denver

Origin updated 29-Jan-2025
Reference:

Klein, F.W., Frankel, A.D., Mueller, C.S., Wesson, R.L. and Okubo, P.G. (2001),
Seismic Hazard in Hawaii: High Rate of Large Earthquakes and Probabilistic Ground-Motion Maps,
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 91(3), pp. 479–498.

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