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Magnitude 4.0 Earthquake Shakes Kohala Mountain
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by Big Island Video News
on Sep 28, 2018 at 9:48 am

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STORY SUMMARY

NORTH KOHALA, Hawaiʻi - Over 100 people reportedly felt the temblor just after midnight, mostly in the Kohala-area but with some as far south as Hilo and Kailua-Kona.

(BIVN) – A Magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck Kohala Mountain on Hawaiʻi Island just after midnight on Friday morning.

The quake, first measured at a Magnitude 3.7, was located 6.1 miles south southwest of Halawa, according to the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

The earthquake struck at 12:05 a.m. HST on Friday morning at a depth of 13 miles, scientists say.

Over 100 people reportedly felt the temblor, mostly in the Kohala-area but with some as far south as Hilo and Kailua-Kona.

A day and a half earlier, a Magnitude 3.1 earthquake also occurred near Kawaihae. The quake occurred at 5:42 p.m. HST on September 26, the USGS reported, at a depth of 7.6 miles.


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