A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2175 West, latitude 19.3609 North, depth = 5.085 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.085 km (3 miles). The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:40:06 / 1:40 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000neuv. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000neuv. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/07/24 / 2024-07-23 13:40:06 / July 23, 2024 @ 1:40 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days twenty-two, in the past 30 days fifty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 9 km S of Volcano, Hawaii.
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