A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Hawi in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.37 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -155.899826 West, latitude 20.4686661 North, depth = 10.37 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/02/19 / 2019-02-24 08:33:05 / February 24, 2019 @ 8:33 am. Unique identifier: hv70826076. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70826076. The temblor was reported at 22:33:05 / 10:33 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Kahului (c. 26 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Kīhei (c. 20 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Wailuku (c. 15 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Haiku-Pauwela (c. 8 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wailuku, Kahului, Kīhei (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 26 km NNW of Hawi, Hawaii.
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