A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Kalaoa in Hawaii on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, -156.1208344° West, 19.7628326° North, depth 6.36 km. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70674406. Unique identifier: hv70674406. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.36 km (4 miles). Global time and date of event 05/11/18 / 2018-11-05 02:22:42 / November 5, 2018 @ 2:22 am UTC/GMT. The 2.89-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:22:42 / 4:22 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 19 km (12 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Waikoloa Village, Hōlualoa.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days four thousand, five hundred and fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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 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: 15 km WNW of Kalaoa, Hawaii.
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