2024-02-09 22:02:59
A strong earthquake occurred on Friday in Hawaii, according to the American Institute of Geophysics (USGS), without causing a tsunami alert in this Pacific archipelago.
This 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck near Pahala on the island of Hawaii, according to the USGS. Its depth has been estimated at approximately 37 km.
“No tsunami is expected. However (…) many areas are likely to have suffered strong shaking,” the agency warned. According to local media Hawaï News Now, the tremors were felt around 10 a.m. local time. The media indicates that objects fell but for the moment, there are no serious injuries.
The island of Hawaii is the largest of this volcanic archipelago, regularly subject to eruptions or earthquakes. It is home to more than 200,000 people.
The archipelago has six volcanoes. The island of Hawaii is notably home to Mauna Loa, which erupted for the first time in almost 40 years at the end of 2022, spewing fountains of lava up to 60 m high.
Its more modest neighbor, Kilauea, remained in eruption almost continuously between 1983 and 2019, and is a popular attraction for tourists who fly over it in helicopters. In 2018, its lava flows destroyed more than 700 homes.
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