A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Kailua-Kona in Hawaii. Event id: us10006ui3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv61431436, us10006ui3. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.1 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -156.6306 West, latitude 19.726 North, depth = 20.1 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/10/16 / 2016-10-02 12:32:52 / October 2, 2016 @ 12:32 pm. The temblor was reported at 02:32:52 / 2:32 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Kalaoa, Kailua. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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: 67 km W of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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