Two minor earthquakes rattle Big Island

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Two minor earthquakes rattled the Big Island on Wednesday, according to the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

Two minor earthquakes rattled the Big Island on Wednesday, according to the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

The first was a magnitude-3.2 earthquake at 1:27 p.m. centered about 3.3 miles south-southeast of Puu Oo Crater, scientists said. The second was a magnitude-3.0 earthquake at 8:32 p.m. centered about 5.3 miles south-southwest of the Mauna Loa summit.

Neither earthquake prompted the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center to issue a tsunami advisory.