A minor earthquake magnitude 3.75 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Pāhala in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 15:32:20 / 3:32 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: hv74413611. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74413611. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/08/24 / 2024-08-20 15:32:20 / August 20, 2024 @ 3:32 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -155.40016174316 West, latitude 19.28750038147 North, depth = 31.040000915527 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 31.040000915527 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days seventy-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 12 km NE of Pāhala, Hawaii.
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