A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Pepeekeo in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 22:55:44 / 10:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -154.6764984° West, latitude 20.0489998° North, depth = 9.02 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.02 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/01/18 / 2018-01-12 08:55:44 / January 12, 2018 @ 8:55 am. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70012367. Unique identifier: hv70012367.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop).
Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 51 km ENE of Pepeekeo, Hawaii.
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