UPDATE: Landslides caused by strong earthquake cleared from portions of 2 West Hawaiʻi roadways

This story was updated at 6:45 a.m. Saturday, May 23, 2026.

Hawaiʻi Police Department reported just before 6:30 a.m. Saturday, May 23, that portions of two roadways in West Hawaiʻi are now clear after landslides caused by the strong magnitude-6.0 earthquake Friday night, May 22, in the Hōnaunau-Nāpōʻopoʻo area.

Nāpōʻopoʻo Road, between the 10-mile marker and Middle Keʻei Road, are open again after being closed several hours while crews worked to clear large rocks and debris that fell onto the roadway.

Highway 11, between Rabbit Hill Road and Manuka State Park, in South Kona also is now free of fallen large rocks and debris following several hours of work by crews to clean up the area.

That part of the highway was not closed, but police advised the public to avoid the area unless they had to drive through.

The large earthquake struck shortly before 10 p.m. Friday about 7.5 miles south of Hōnaunau-Nāpōʻopoʻo at a depth of just greater than 15 miles on the west flank of Mauna Loa.