According to a report from the USGS, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, which measures and tracks earthquakes, reports of 31 earthquakes were recorded over a period of 42 minutes on Sunday. The activity began just before 6 a.m. on March 5. The swarm is located about 5 miles south of Volcano Village inside Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park (red dots in the USGS map above).The strongest
quake was measured at a magnitude 3.9. Most rest have been measured between magnitude 1.7 and 3.5. The USGS “Did you feel it?” website received more than 30 felt reports within an hour of the largest earthquake, which occurred at 6:13 a.m. “Weak to light shaking, with maximum Intensity of IV, has been reported,” scientists say. “At that intensity, damage to buildings or structures is not expected.” FULL REPORT
