Hawaii County Civil Defense Message

An earthquake approximately 4.3 magnitude occured 5 mile WNW of Pahala at 1:01 p.m. No damage is reported at this time.

United States Geological Survey reports
A light earthquake occurred at 1:01:35 PM (HST) on Monday, January 18, 2010 .
The magnitude 4.3 event occurred 6 km (4 miles) WNW of Pahala.
The hypocentral depth is 6 km ( 4 miles).

More info on the Pahala quake here.

Another earthquake of 3.1 magnitude struck the Puako area earlier at 12:02 p.m. There were no reports of damage from that temblor either. More info here.

TSUNAMI SEISMIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
108 PM HST MON JAN 18 2010

TO – CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT – LOCAL TSUNAMI INFORMATION

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME – 0102 PM HST 18 JAN 2010
COORDINATES – 19.2 NORTH 155.5 WEST
LOCATION – ON THE SOUTHEASTERN FLANK OF MAUNA LOA
MAGNITUDE – 3.8

EVALUATION

NO TSUNAMI IS EXPECTED. REPEAT. NO TSUNAMI IS EXPECTED.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.