A minor earthquake magnitude 3.16 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii. The temblor was detected at 12:33:36 / 12:33 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/02/20 / 2020-02-01 22:33:36 / February 1, 2020 @ 10:33 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31.67 km (20 miles). Event id: hv71363312. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv71363312. Exact location, longitude -155.4051666° West, latitude 19.2226658° North, depth = 31.67 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 8 km ENE of Pahala, Hawaii.
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