‘Rock and Roll again!’: Magnitude-5.2 earthquake strikes off Kona Coast of Big Isle, no tsunami threat

This story was updated at 6:40 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, 2026.

Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reports there is no tsunami expected following a magnitude-5.2 earthquake off the Kona Coast of the Big Island; however, some locations might have felt shaking.

The quake struck at 5:58 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, about 3 miles west of the Kahaluʻu-Keauhou area on the west side of the island at a depth of about 21 miles below sea level.

There were no “Felt Reports” to U.S. Geological Survey as of 10 minutes later at 6:08 p.m. Tuesday.

Several people on social media began reporting the quake within a couple of minutes after it struck.

At least two even asked if it was an aftershock from the major magnitude-6.0 that struck shortly before 10 p.m. Friday, May 22, south of about 8 miles south of Hōnaunau-Nāpōʻopoʻo in South Kona on the west side of the Big Island.

“Earthquake just now on Big Island,” posted Alyssa Lee at about 6:07 p.m. Tuesday in Keaʻau. “Not as big as the last one, but a little shaker.”

Other reports on social media were made by people in Hilo, Pepe‘ekeo, Waimea and elsewhere around the island.

“Rock and Roll again!” posted Healani Germano Ome at 6:01 p.m. Tuesday in the Waimea Insiders group on Facebook. “Did you feel it?!?!”