A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Waikoloa Village in Hawaii. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 21:01:10 / December 9, 2016 @ 9:01 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -155.9193333 West, latitude 20.0421667 North, depth = 9.927 km. The 2.93-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:01:10 / 11:01 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv61513086. Event ids that are associated: hv61513086. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.927 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 15 km (10 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Kailua, Kalaoa. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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 three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 15 km NW of Waikoloa Village, Hawaii.
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