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3.6 Earthquake Reported Near Hawaii Volcano Summit

Big Island Video News

Apr 12, 2017

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HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK - Preliminary USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory data shows only a handful of people reported feeling weak shaking Wednesday morning.

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK – A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck Hawaii Island at 8:29 a.m.

The quake was located about 6 miles southwest of Volcano Village, just below and to the south of the Kīlauea volcano summit caldera, at a depth of about 1.8 miles.

Preliminary USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory data shows only a handful of people reported feeling weak shaking.

Tiltmeters at Kīlauea’s summit began recording inflationary tilt at the volcano early Wednesday morning, USGS data shows.

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