A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Kailua-Kona in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 03:21:31 / 3:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -156.0296631° West, 19.6246662° North, depth 11.65 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.65 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/18 / 2018-07-06 13:21:31 / July 6, 2018 @ 1:21 pm. Unique identifier: hv70372526. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70372526.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 4 km (3 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 9 km (5 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-four, in the last 10 days eight hundred and seventy-one, in the past 30 days two thousand, one hundred and ten and in the last 365 days two thousand, six hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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