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COURTESY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
A light earthquake shook the Mauna Loa region of the Big Isle this morning.
A light earthquake struck Hawaii island this morning in Mauna Loa, but does not pose a tsunami threat to the area or surrounding islands.
The preliminary magnitude 4.0 quake struck at 4:25 a.m., 28.6 miles east-southeast of Kailua-Kona at a depth of 1.5 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. No tsunami as a result of the quake was expected, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
No injuries were immediately reported.
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