Earthquake Hits off Kiholo Friday Afternoon

An earthquake hit off the Kona Coast Friday afternoon at 2:18.  The United States Geological Survey says it was magnitude 3.8, at a depth of around 25 miles.   It was located 16 miles north of Kailua-Kona, 15 miles west of the summit of Hualalai,  offshore near Kiholo Bay.

 

Many in the Kohala area felt the quake, but  there were no known reports of damage. Fishing writer Jim Rizzuto, who lives in Waimea,  said it got him up from his desk and he headed towards the door, but then it stopped.  He also said  “a diver friend of mine told me he was down near the bottom and felt a shock wave that hit him hard in the chest.”

On the map, the earthquake is the largest blue block off the Kohala Coast.  For more, go to http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/seismic/tux/

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