A minor earthquake magnitude 3.27 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.53 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 2.53 km, -155.6093292° West, 19.4305° North. The temblor was picked up at 03:48:34 / 3:48 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 16/08/15 / 2015-08-16 13:48:34 / August 16, 2015 @ 1:48 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv61008996. Id of event: hv61008996.
Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Waimea (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 26 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii.
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