A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.36 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Honoka’a in Hawaii. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.32 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/10/18 / 2018-10-23 05:17:32 / October 23, 2018 @ 5:17 am. The temblor was detected at 19:17:32 / 7:17 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: hv70667462. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70667462. Exact location of event, longitude -155.1841736 West, latitude 20.4591675 North, depth = 8.32 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Waimea (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 51 km NE of Honoka’a, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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