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HILO, Hawaii (AP) - The largest earthquake to hit a part of Volcanoes National Park in nearly 50 years shook up visitors Thursday, but no injuries or damage were reported, officials said.
The earthquake was centered near the Kilauea volcano, on Hawaii's Big Island, where lava flows to the ocean.
The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said the temblor was the largest in that area for at least 50 years. Since 1998, only a few earthquakes with magnitudes greater than 4.0 have occurred there, at shallow depths.
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