A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.954 West, latitude 19.238 North, depth = -1.47 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -1.47 km (-1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/08/24 / 2024-08-22 18:58:17 / August 22, 2024 @ 6:58 pm. Id of earthquake: hv74420096. Event ids that are associated: us7000n8u7, hv74420096. The temblor was reported at 18:58:17 / 6:58 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Kailua. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days seventy-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 25 km SSW of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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