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The [pwerful earthquake struck on Saturday at 5pm local time (Sunday 4am BST) inland toward the northwestern corner of the island. Big Island’s Kilauea volcano has been in a near-constant state of eruption since 1983. In 2018, we saw the huge shield volcano put on an impressive but devastating display, with thousands of homes destroyed.

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The quake registered at magnitude-5.3, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS)

The USGS said the earthquake’s epicentre was about eight miles (14km) northwest of the town Kalaoa.

The tremor occurred at a depth of about eight miles, not particularly deep for an earthquake of this magnitude.

In online submissions to USGS, hundreds of Big Island reported moderate to strong shaking the temblor from — Hilo to Kailua-Kona.