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Updated at 6:53 a.m., Wednesday, October 10, 2007

No tsunami threat after 3.1 quake hits Big Island

Advertiser Staff

A minor earthquake with a 3.1 magnitude was recorded by the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory at 1:28 a.m. today.

The quake was recorded 9 miles west-northwest of Kilauea Summit at a hypocentral depth of 4 miles.

No tsunami bulletins were issued from the quake.