Magnitude-6.1 earthquake and aftershocks southwest of the Island of Hawai‘i

 

HILO, Hawaii : A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Big Island in Hawaii on Sunday,  rattling residents and causing items to fall off shelves. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake had a depth of nearly 11 miles. The National Weather Service in Honolulu says there is no tsunami threat. Residents of Oahu reported feeling the shaking. No injuries were immediately reported.

The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) recorded this offshore magnitude initially as -6.2 earthquake southwest of the Island of Hawai‘i on Sunday, October 10, at 11:48 a.m

According to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, there is no tsunami threat from this earthquake.