A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/08/18 / 2018-08-01 08:07:55 / August 1, 2018 @ 8:07 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70506532. Id of event: hv70506532. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.89 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -155.7368317° West, latitude 19.5119991° North, depth = 3.89 km. The temblor was picked up at 22:07:55 / 10:07 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Waimea, Waikoloa Village. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-five, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty, in the past 30 days two thousand and fifty-one and in the last 365 days four thousand, five hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 14 km ENE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii.
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