Chip McCreery, director of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, said the latest quake, at 5:49 a.m. was assigned a preliminary magnitude of about 4.3.

The temblor was centered about four miles north of Waipio Bay on the northern coast of the Big Island.

The location was a bit unusual given the fact that the two substantial earthquakes Oct. 15, which were measured at 6.7 and 6.0 magnitude, and a myriad of after shocks that resulted in more than $200 million in damages took place on the other side of the island — off the Kona coastline, McCreery said.

The earthquake today was felt at various points around the Big Island, but there were no reports initially of it being felt on O'ahu.