Hawaii shaken by 3 quakes in 48 hours

February 10, 2011 – BIG ISLAND – A magnitude 3.6 and a 2.6 earthquake shook the Big Island at about 8:37 a.m. Thursday, the second small earthquake to hit the island in as many days. The epicenter of the quake was at a depth of 1.7 miles and 5 miles from the town of Volcano, according to the U.S. Geological Survey website, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory on the Big Island. On Wednesday, a quake registered a magnitude 3.2 and occurred about 2 miles south of the Kilauea summit. –Hawaii News Now

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