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3.7 Earthquake Rattles Ka’u On Hawaii Island
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by Big Island Video News
on May 27, 2017 at 1:01 pm

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STORY SUMMARY

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK - The temblor was located about 8 miles northeast of Pahala in the Ka'u Desert, USGS reports.

(BIVN) – A magnitude 3.7 earthquake shook the Ka’u Desert within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Saturday morning.

The quake occurred at 10:24 a.m. at a depth of 2.5 miles.

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory located the epicenter about 8 miles northeast of Pahala.


Filed Under: Breaking Tagged With: earthquakes, Pahala

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