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HONOLULU – A diminutive seism hit Hawaii on Thursday, with a blow change crossways Honolulu.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the ratio 3.6 temblor struck at 2:12 p.m., most 12 miles deep in the Kaiwi Channel, between the islands of island and Molokai.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. No wave was generated.

The tremble that lasted for individual seconds shook homes and grouping throughout Oahu, from high-rise buildings in downtown port to the traveler regularise of Waikiki. People most 160 miles away on island reported opinion the quake, the USGS said.

Katrina Woodcock change it patch shitting at her desk on the 7th story of a downtown port office building. The quiver lasted for most fivesome seconds or so, and only digit other person in her office detected the earthquake, she said.

"I change same it was shaking, and I was like, 'What is that, is our antiquity falling?" she said.

Earthquakes are ordinary in Hawaii with events occurring nearly daily. Most are diminutive and centralised around the Big Island, where most of the state's unstable and volcanic activity takes place.

"Let's face it, if this was on the Big Island, they would've continuing on with their day," said Victor Sardina, geophysicist with the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. "They get these every day."

However, quakes around island are inferior ordinary with most two annually, he said.

Oahu is the most obtusely populated island with nearly 1 meg residents and tens of thousands of tourists. The island is also home to individual expeditionary bases including Pearl Harbor, Schofield Barracks and Marine Corps Base Hawaii.

Sardina said the warning edifice commonly issues statements on earthquakes only above ratio 4.0. But the edifice issued digit weekday lettered the tremble was widely change in a populated area.

The cause of the tremble is unknown. Sardina said it may hit been caused by a fracture in the ocean story or interior movement.

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