A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was picked up at 12:16:45 / 12:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/12/24 / 2024-12-23 12:16:45 / December 23, 2024 @ 12:16 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.68000000715256 km (0 miles). Event id: hv74574932. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74574932. Exact location of event, longitude -155.27983093262 West, latitude 19.387500762939 North, depth = 0.68000000715256 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days two hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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