The U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory recorded a magnitude-4.2 earthquake located off the west coast of Hawaii on Friday, at 8:42 p.m.
According to Wes Thelen, HVO’s Seismic Network manager, the earthquake was centered about 35 miles west-northwest of Kailua-Kona and 71 miles south of Kihei, Maui, at a depth of 7.2 miles. A map showing its location is posted on the HVO website at hvo.wr.usgs.gov/seismic/volcweb/earthquakes.
The USGS “Did you feel it?” website (earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/dyfi) received more than 100 felt reports within two hours of the earthquake. Most of the felt reports were posted from the islands of Hawaii and Maui, but a few were from Oahu, more than 125 miles from the epicenter. Only weak shaking was reported.
The earthquake has caused no detectable changes to the active volcanoes on the Big Island.