Hawaii, Big Island and earthquake
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A magnitude 6.0 earthquake just slammed Hawaii’s Big Island — cracking roads, triggering rockslides on Highway 11, and knocking out power across Kona
At 9:46 p.m. on Thursday, May 22, 2026, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake jolted Hawaii’s Big Island, sending residents scrambling for doorways and rattling homes from Kailua-Kona to Hilo. The U.S. Geological Survey confirmed the quake’s epicenter 13 kilometers south of Honaunau-Napoopoo along the island’s western coast,
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