A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) was reported 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/11/15 / 2015-11-30 06:15:01 / November 30, 2015 @ 6:15 am. Unique identifier: hv61117491. Ids that are associated to the event: hv61117491. The epicenter was at a depth of 2.59 km (2 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.607666 West, latitude 19.4265003 North, depth = 2.59 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:15:01 / 8:15 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake 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). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Waimea (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-four 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.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 27 km E of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii.
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