A minor earthquake magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii. Unique identifier: hv61575441. Ids that are associated to the event: hv61575441. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/01/17 / 2017-01-23 19:13:15 / January 23, 2017 @ 7:13 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.79 km (5 miles). Exact location of event, depth 7.79 km, -155.863327° West, 19.2730007° North. The 3.21-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:13:15 / 9:13 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Kailua (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ninety-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km S of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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