A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Hana in Hawaii. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/10/17 / 2017-10-10 10:52:58 / October 10, 2017 @ 10:52 am. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:52:58 / 12:52 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 4.03 km (3 miles). Id of earthquake: hv61939531. Event ids that are associated: hv61939531. Exact location, longitude -155.7093353° West, latitude 20.5856667° North, depth = 4.03 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Haiku-Pauwela, Pukalani. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Haiku-Pauwela (c. 8 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Pukalani (c. 7 600 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Makawao (c. 7 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 34 km ESE of Hana, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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