A minor earthquake magnitude 3.17 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii. Event id: hv70434497. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70434497. The 3.17-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:10:04 / 8:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -155.7878265° West, 19.4868336° North, depth 10.8 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.8 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/07/18 / 2018-07-17 06:10:04 / July 17, 2018 @ 6:10 am.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Waimea, Waikoloa Village (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-seven, in the last 10 days seven hundred and ten, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and fifty-nine and in the last 365 days three thousand, five hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 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: 8 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii.
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