Major earthquake and volcano eruption hits an island in Hawaii

A tweet by USGC also informed "This is in almost exactly the same location as the deadly 1975 M 7.1 quake".

NEW DELHI: On Saturday, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake shook Hawaii's Big Island. The earthquake resulted into prompting fresh eruptions of a volcano.

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The US Geological Survey It is said that this is threatening residential neighbourhoods.

As per reports, a shallow temblor struck at 12:32 pm (2232 GMT) and was centered on the south flank of the Kilauea volcano, which first erupted yesterday after a series of quakes on the island. It had a depth of five kilometers.

A tweet by USGC also informed "This is in almost exactly the same location as the deadly 1975 M 7.1 quake,".