The U.S. Geological Survey said Friday that a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Hawaii Island, with some tremors reported in Honolulu, about 320 miles away.
The quake, which occurred around 10 a.m. local time, was centered 11 miles south of Naalehu, Hawaii, at a depth of 6 miles. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said no tsunami warning was expected.
According to the USGS “Did you feel it?”, some tremors were felt in Honolulu, Oahu. page. Several aftershocks followed in the same area.
There were no immediate reports of serious damage.
Big Island Mayor Mitch Ross was in Honolulu to see a cardiologist.
“Suddenly, I felt dizzy,” he said, and at first he thought it was because of the surgery, but then realized it was an earthquake. He immediately called emergency management personnel.
“We'll probably start hearing about the damage within the next hour to an hour,” Ross said, noting that it was a “significant earthquake” and that there is no tsunami threat from what we've heard.
Ross said he was heading to the Honolulu airport to catch an early flight back to Hawaii Island.
Julia Neal, owner of Pahala Plantation Cottages, said the strong shaking caused mirrors and brass lamps to fall. She said: “We have a lot of old wooden plantation houses, so there was some pretty loud rattling.”
Derek Nelson, manager of the Kona Canoe Club restaurant in the Kona Inn shopping village in the seaside community of Kona on the west side of the island, said everyone felt “in trouble.” However, he said there was no damage.
“I mean, it shook us so bad that our knees wobbled a little bit. Every window in the village shook,” he said.
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