A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Honoka’a in Hawaii. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 32.5 km (20 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.5534973 West, latitude 20.1949997 North, depth = 32.5 km. The 2.93-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:13:14 / 7:13 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: hv70038272. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70038272. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/02/18 / 2018-02-15 17:13:14 / February 15, 2018 @ 5:13 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 15 km NW of Honoka’a, Hawaii.
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