M 6 in United States on 23 May 2026 07:46 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1542057
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 22.4 Km
Lat/Lon: 19.3406666666667 , -155.844833333333
Event Date: 23 May 2026 07:46 UTC
22 May 2026 21:46 Local
Exposed Population: 9 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 23 May 2026 08:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
HVO 0.5 0.5
hv74966427 Scaled population (raster) 2.72  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.65  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

USGS evaluates Kilauea after magnitude 6 quake near Hawaii’s Big Islan.. 5/23/2026 12:43:00 PM.

An ?earthquake of magnitude 6.0 ?struck near Honaunau-Napoopoo on the ?Big Island of ?Hawaii late on Friday (May 22, 2026) and the state’s volcano observatory was ?assessing the Kilauea volcano, the United States ?Geological Survey (USGS) s
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Magnitude 6 earthquake strikes Hawaii’s Big Island; USGS assessing Kil.. 5/23/2026 12:03:00 PM.

General view of lava surfacing on the Halema''uma''u crater of Kilauea volcano in Kilauea, Hawaii, U.S. September 29, 2021, in this still image provided by the USGS surveillance camera. An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck near Honaunau-N
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Magnitude 6 earthquake strikes Hawaii’s Big Island; USGS assessing Kil.. 5/23/2026 11:35:00 AM.

May 22 (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck near Honaunau-Napoopoo on the Big Island of Hawaii late on Friday and the state’s volcano observatory was assessing the Kilauea volcano, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) sai
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Magnitude 6.0 earthquake hits Hawaii 5/23/2026 11:29:00 AM.

LOS ANGELES, United States, May 23, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit Hawaii on Friday, the United States Geological Survey said. The tremor occurred at a depth of 22.4 kilometres (14 miles), around 12 kilometres south of Hona
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2), HVO (1),