A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Event id: hv61123796. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv61123796. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29.43 km (18 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/12/15 / 2015-12-10 05:46:06 / December 10, 2015 @ 5:46 am. The temblor was picked up at 19:46:06 / 7:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.4165039° West, latitude 19.3878326° North, depth = 29.43 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 19 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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