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No Tsunami Threat From 4.5-M Quake Offshore of Hilo
A magnitude-4.5 earthquake occurred just offshore of the Island of Hawai‘i on Monday, Aug. 12 at 4:42 a.m. HST.
No Tsunami Threat From 6.6M New Guinea Quake
A 6.6 magnitude earthquake has occurred in Papaua, New Guinea, at 11:27 a.m HST on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017.
Magnitude 4.5 Earthquake South of Island of Hawaiʻi
Today’s Big Island earthquake occurred about 43 miles southwest of Lō‘ihi, and was not caused by activity on that submarine volcano. The depth, location, and recorded seismic waves of the earthquake suggest a source due to bending of the oceanic plate from the weight of the Hawaiian island chain.