A minor earthquake magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Captain Cook in Hawaii on Sunday. Exact location, longitude -156.3125° West, latitude 19.2859993° North, depth = 6.39 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70014047. Id of event: hv70014047. Global time and date of event 14/01/18 / 2018-01-14 17:39:15 / January 14, 2018 @ 5:39 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.39 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 07:39:15 / 7:39 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalaoa, Hōlualoa, Kailua.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 47 km WSW of Captain Cook, Hawaii.
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