A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Waimea in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.98 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: hv74659342. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74659342. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/04/25 / 2025-04-24 12:08:43 / April 24, 2025 @ 12:08 pm. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:08:43 / 12:08 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -155.64466666667° West, 19.925833333333° North, depth 12.98 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hilo, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 62 km (39 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 47 km (29 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 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days two hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 11 km SSE of Waimea, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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