A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii on Saturday. Id of earthquake: hv72307527. Event ids that are associated: hv72307527. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/01/21 / 2021-01-02 07:54:43 / January 2, 2021 @ 7:54 am. The epicenter was at a depth of -1.6799999475479 km (-1 miles). The temblor was reported at 07:54:43 / 7:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.73983764648 West, latitude 19.403165817261 North, depth = -1.6799999475479 km.
Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hilo, Waimea, Waikoloa Village. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-one 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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