Here’s a concise update on the 2018 Hawaii earthquake.
If you’d like, I can pull a few authoritative sources and summarize how this earthquake fit into the broader 2018 Kīlauea eruption timeline, or create a quick timeline visualization.
On May 4, 2018, a powerful magnitude-6.9 earthquake on the south flank of Kīlauea Volcano shook the Island of Hawai‘i. It was the largest quake in Hawaii in 43 years. Today, more than five months later, smaller-magnitude earthquakes in the same area are still occurring.
www.usgs.govThe U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) recorded a magnitude-6.9 earthquake on Friday, May 4, 2018, at approximately 12:32 p.m. HST. It is the strongest quake in Hawaii since 1975—and the largest in a series of strong earthquakes that began at 11:32 a.m. today. According to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) no tsunami was generated by today’s earthquakes.
www.usgs.govActivity climbed to 40 events per hour with up to five earthquakes per hour that were greater than magnitude-3 overnight Thursday into Friday
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earthquakelist.orgThe U.S. Geological Survey reports a 4.6-magnitude earthquake has struck Hawaii's Big Island.
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