A minor earthquake magnitude 3.74 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Leilani Estates in Hawaii. The 3.74-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:32:49 / 12:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/09/15 / 2015-09-17 22:32:49 / September 17, 2015 @ 10:32 pm. Unique identifier: hv61040541. Ids that are associated to the event: hv61040541. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.47 km (4 miles). Exact location, longitude -155.0529938° West, latitude 19.3288326° North, depth = 6.47 km.
Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 20 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii.
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