Apua
Ghost town · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 19.261, -155.196
Why it was abandoned
☢️ Disaster
Detected automatically from the text: The village was destroyed by a tsunami following the April 2, 1868 Hawaii earthquake and never resettled.
History
ʻĀpua was an ancient village in the Puna district on the southern coast of the Island of Hawaiʻi in the Hawaiian Islands. A small fishing village was located at about 19°15′41″N 155°11′46″W, an elevation about 59 feet (18 m) above sea level. The village was destroyed by a tsunami following the April 2, 1868 Hawaii earthquake and never resettled.