A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Captain Cook in Hawaii on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, -156.5066681° West, 19.126667° North, depth 17.03 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.03 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/04/19 / 2019-04-03 09:28:09 / April 3, 2019 @ 9:28 am. Id of earthquake: hv70889401. Event ids that are associated: hv70889401. The temblor was detected at 23:28:09 / 11:28 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kailua. Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 73 km SW of Captain Cook, Hawaii.
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