A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.29 (ml/mb) was reported 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.842 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -155.6228333 West, latitude 19.4306667 North, depth = 3.842 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/07/15 / 2015-07-28 18:47:59 / July 28, 2015 @ 6:47 pm. The 3.29-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:47:59 / 8:47 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv60992381. Id of event: hv60992381.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Waimea.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 25 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii.
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