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3.0M Earthquake Centered West of Volcano

Published March 31, 2016 • 9:44 AM HST Updated March 31, 2016 • 2:39 PM HST
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USGS image.

USGS image.

Just before 8:20 a.m. Thursday morning, a 3.0 magnitude shook the Big Island about 16 miles west of Volcano.

The United States Geological Survey listed the earthquake at a depth of 6.2 miles, 32 miles southwest of Hilo, 35 miles west-southwest of Hawaiian Paradise Park, 36 miles east-southeast of Kailua-Kona, and 200 miles southeast of Honolulu.

Did you feel it? Felt reports should be submitted via USGS’s “Did You Feel it?” website.

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The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and the Hawaiian Volcanoes Observatory did not release any warnings or information in association with the quake.

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