A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Kapaau in Hawaii. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/02/19 / 2019-02-17 10:04:20 / February 17, 2019 @ 10:04 am. Exact location, longitude -155.8163° West, latitude 20.139° North, depth = 26.09 km. Unique identifier: us2000jj3u. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jj3u. The epicenter was at a depth of 26.09 km (16 miles). The temblor was picked up at 00:04:20 / 12:04 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Kailua, Kalaoa.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four thousand, five hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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