A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/07/18 / 2018-07-03 12:15:32 / July 3, 2018 @ 12:15 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.8046722 West, latitude 19.3041668 North, depth = 8.1 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70357796. Id of event: hv70357796. The temblor was detected at 02:15:32 / 2:15 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.1 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Kailua. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-three, in the last 10 days one thousand and seventeen, in the past 30 days one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-seven and in the last 365 days two thousand, six hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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