A minor earthquake magnitude 3.19 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii. Exact location of event, longitude -155.6035004 West, latitude 19.4230003 North, depth = 2.84 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv61054176. Id of event: hv61054176. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.84 km (2 miles). The temblor was picked up at 22:18:08 / 10:18 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/10/15 / 2015-10-06 08:18:08 / October 6, 2015 @ 8:18 am.
The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 47 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), 52 km (32 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hawaiian Paradise Park, Waimea, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 27 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii.
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