A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Honoka’a in Hawaii on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, -155.526001° West, 20.1739998° North, depth 14.38 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 14.38 km (9 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: hv61218336. Unique identifier: hv61218336. The temblor was picked up at 13:27:55 / 1:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/03/16 / 2016-03-31 23:27:55 / March 31, 2016 @ 11:27 pm.
Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Kalaoa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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