A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.03 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Kapaau in Hawaii on Sunday. Global time and date of event 17/02/19 / 2019-02-17 10:04:23 / February 17, 2019 @ 10:04 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 12.17 km (8 miles). Exact location of event, depth 12.17 km, -155.8041667° West, 20.1765° North. The temblor was detected at 00:04:23 / 12:04 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: hv70814851. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jj3u, hv70814851.
Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Kailua, Kalaoa. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four thousand, four hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km S of Kapaau, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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