A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 03:31:33 / 3:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.6107 West, latitude 19.4187 North, depth = 29.49 km. Global time and date of event 12/12/16 / 2016-12-12 13:31:33 / December 12, 2016 @ 1:31 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.49 km (18 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20008070. Unique identifier: us20008070.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Waimea (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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