{"id":520,"date":"2026-05-23T22:34:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T22:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=520"},"modified":"2026-05-23T22:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T22:34:37","slug":"cleanup-underway-after-6-0-hawaii-island-earthquake-causes-damage-outages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=520","title":{"rendered":"Cleanup underway after 6.0 Hawaii Island earthquake causes damage, outages"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section>\n<p>HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) &#8211; Hawaii Island residents are continuing cleanup efforts after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake shook the state Friday night, causing damage, rockslides, and power outages across parts of South Kona.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=518\">Anti-LNG coalition calls on Hawaii to stop plans to import fossil fuel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The earthquake struck at about 9:46 p.m. near Honaunau and was felt statewide.<\/p>\n<p>At 10 a.m. Saturday, Hawaiian Electric issued an update reporting about 1,000 customers lost power during the earthquake, primarily in South Kona. <\/p>\n<p>Most service has since been restored, though about 70 customers remained without electricity as crews continued repair work. Utility officials also said a separate motor vehicle crash in Keauhou caused outages affecting about 20 customers.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<nav><span><span><\/p>\n<div><span>Autoplay<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><\/span><\/nav>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hawaii County Civil Defense administrator Talmadge Magno said emergency crews activated immediately after the quake and worked overnight to reopen roads and restore utilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs soon as the earthquake happened and we activated the EOC, crews are responding,\u201d Magno said. \u201cBy this morning already, we\u2019ve got all roads open.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officials said multiple rockslides closed roadways from Kau through the Captain Cook and Kealakekua areas overnight, though all roads had reopened by Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>County officials said at least one family required assistance from the American Red Cross after their home shifted off its foundation during the quake.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=517\">Hawaii Food &amp; Wine Festival returns for 16th year<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most hazardous items, like we tell people, go check their utility connections,\u201d Magno said. \u201cYour electricity, your water, gas lines, make sure those are intact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Magno said crews also received reports of broken water lines following the quake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe aware of unstable items that might be on walls or furniture or whatever items that might be possible to fall over,\u201d Magno said.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The U.S. Geological Survey and Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said the earthquake was not related to volcanic activity at Mauna Loa or Kilauea.<\/p>\n<p>Residents and businesses who experienced earthquake damage are encouraged to report it through the Hawaii County Civil Defense\u2019s disaster recovery portal:<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=515\">First Alert Forecast: Easing to regular trade winds<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hawaii County Civil Defense administrator Talmadge Magno said emergency crews activated immediately after the quake and worked overnight to reopen roads and restore utilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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