A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Lana’i City in Hawaii on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:20:02 / 2:20 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/01/17 / 2017-01-10 00:20:02 / January 10, 2017 @ 12:20 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us10007s7h. Ids that are associated to the event: hv61554246, us10007s7h. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -156.7798 West, latitude 20.2808 North, depth = 10 km.
Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Kahului (c. 26 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kīhei (c. 20 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Wailuku (c. 15 300 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Lahaina (c. 11 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Waihee-Waiehu (c. 8 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Makawao, Napili-Honokowai, Pukalani (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 62 km SSE of Lana’i City, Hawaii.
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