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Centuries-old Hōlei Sea Arch collapses into Pacific Ocean

The National Park Service confirmed on Friday that the Hōlei Sea Arch in Hawaii has collapsed into the Pacific Ocean following weeks of rough storms. The natural rock formation stood approximately 90 feet high and had been formed by ocean wave erosion roughly 550 years ago. No injuries or other damage have been reported in connection with the collapse.

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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
2 differing positions reported on attribution across 2 publishers; unresolved.
  • bastillepost國家公園管理局
  • arabnewsNPS
2 differing positions reported on timing across 2 publishers; unresolved.
  • bbc550-year-old
  • epochtimes550年
WhereHawaii
21.230, -157.686 ±120 km
First reported22 days ago
Published2026-10-02 21:26 UTC
Sources8
How this travelled.
Reports8Independent tellings8
8 independently corroborated tellings.

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Global Event Monitor. Centuries-old Hōlei Sea Arch collapses into Pacific Ocean. 2026-10-02T21:26:32.632Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:4443. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-02/hawaii-s-iconic-550-year-old-holei-sea-arch-collapses-7d8cd00a

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