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Magnitude 3.8 Earthquake Occurs Near Volcano
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by Big Island Video News
on Aug 24, 2016 at 1:00 pm

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STORY SUMMARY

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK (BIVN) - A magnitude 3.8 earthquake shook 3 miles south of Volcano on Wednesday afternoon. The epicenter was located near the Chain of Craters southeast of the Kilauea summit.

UPDATE (2:15 p.m. HST) – Since we posted this story, there have been a number of smaller earthquakes, including a magnitude 3.5 earthquake that occurred in roughly the same area.

Screen grab of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory's "Recent Earthquakes in Hawaii" page. The red dots are quakes that occurred within the last two hours. (Wed Aug 24, 2016 14:08:56 HST)

Screen grab of the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory’s “Recent Earthquakes in Hawaii” page. The red dots are quakes that occurred within the last two hours. (Wed Aug 24, 2016 14:08:56 HST)

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK – A magnitude 3.8 earthquake shook 4 miles south of Volcano Village on Wednesday afternoon. The epicenter was located near the Chain of Craters Road southeast of the Kilauea summit inside the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

The temblor occurred at around 12:17 p.m. HST at a depth of 3 km.

USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported seismicity rates were normal this morning, “with tremor fluctuations associated with lava lake spattering.”

Earlier today, the Kilauea summit lava lake was measured at its highest level since May 2015, scientists reported.

There have been no reports of damage associated with this event, and no damage is expected with a quake of this size. We will update when more information becomes available.


Filed Under: Breaking Tagged With: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Kilauea

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