The quake hit about 5pm Saturday (local time) and had an epicentre about 24 kilometres southwest of Kailua-Kona, a city of about 12,000 people on the island's west coastA magnitude 5.3 earthquake hit the west side of the Big Island of Hawaii, the US Geological Survey says. The quake hit about 5 p.m. and had an epicentre about 24 kilometres southwest of Kailua-Kona, a city of nearly 12,000 people on the island's west coast, the agency said. The US Geological Survey says it has received 894 responses from people saying they had felt the earthquake. Hawaii Electric Light tweeted that about 3300 customers were without power in the community of Waikoloa, Hawaii News Now reported. Civil Defence officials told Hawaii News Now that the earthquake caused a large boulder to come down on Highway 19-Queen Kaahumanu at the Hapuna Junction.

Source: Stuff April 14, 2019 05:03 UTC