A minor earthquake magnitude 3.33 (ml/mb) strikes 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Hana in Hawaii on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 03:12:41 / 3:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.7501678 West, latitude 20.7460003 North, depth = 7.14 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/07/16 / 2016-07-30 13:12:41 / July 30, 2016 @ 1:12 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: hv61358026. Unique identifier: hv61358026. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.14 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waihee-Waiehu, Waimea, Wailuku (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Kahului (c. 26 300 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Kīhei (c. 20 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Wailuku (c. 15 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Waihee-Waiehu (c. 8 800 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 25 km E of Hana, Hawaii.
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