A minor earthquake magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Kailua-Kona in Hawaii. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/10/18 / 2018-10-19 19:52:12 / October 19, 2018 @ 7:52 pm. The 3.16-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:52:12 / 9:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -156.5189972° West, latitude 19.4895° North, depth = 2.65 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.65 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: hv70662272. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70662272.
Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalaoa, Hōlualoa, Kailua (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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