A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Leilani Estates in Hawaii on Sunday. Id of earthquake: hv61332996. Event ids that are associated: hv61332996. Exact location of event, longitude -155.0155 West, latitude 19.3396667 North, depth = 5.278 km. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:44:04 / 3:44 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.278 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/07/16 / 2016-07-11 01:44:04 / July 11, 2016 @ 1:44 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Epicenter of the earthquake was 44 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 17 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii.
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