A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) strikes 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii on Monday. Exact location, longitude -155.5968333° West, latitude 19.4263333° North, depth = 2.632 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/10/16 / 2016-10-17 17:08:41 / October 17, 2016 @ 5:08 pm. Event id: hv61448366. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv61448366. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.632 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 07:08:41 / 7:08 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hawaiian Paradise Park, Waimea, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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