A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.15 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Honoka’a in Hawaii on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.54 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/02/19 / 2019-02-14 02:42:02 / February 14, 2019 @ 2:42 am. Exact location, longitude -155.3566742° West, latitude 20.107666° North, depth = 2.54 km. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70810366. Unique identifier: hv70810366. The temblor was picked up at 16:42:02 / 4:42 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hawaiian Paradise Park, Kalaoa, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four thousand, seven hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 12 km ENE of Honoka’a, Hawaii.
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