A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Hawaiian Ocean View in Hawaii. The temblor was detected at 23:24:34 / 11:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.6473389 West, latitude 19.1846676 North, depth = 1.17 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.17 km (1 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv61372256. Id of event: hv61372256. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/08/16 / 2016-08-12 09:24:34 / August 12, 2016 @ 9:24 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalaoa, Kailua, Hōlualoa.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 17 km NE of Hawaiian Ocean View, Hawaii.
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