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Magnitude 5.0 Earthquake Rocks Hawaii Island
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by Big Island Video News
on Jun 27, 2015 at 10:22 pm

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NOTE: This information has been updated on this new story page, including a civil defense message. HAWAII ISLAND – A magnitude 5.0 earthquake shook Hawaii Island on Saturday night. The quake was centered about 8 miles south of Volcano, in the Hilina Region of Kilauea. It was also shallow at a depth of 0.1 miles […]

Map courtesy USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

Map courtesy USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

NOTE: This information has been updated on this new story page, including a civil defense message.

HAWAII ISLAND – A magnitude 5.0 earthquake shook Hawaii Island on Saturday night. The quake was centered about 8 miles south of Volcano, in the Hilina Region of Kilauea. It was also shallow at a depth of 0.1 miles down.

Shaking was felt in Hilo and other towns on the Big Island.

A tsunami was not generated by the earthquake, reports the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.


Filed Under: Breaking Tagged With: earthquake

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