A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:17:35 / 9:17 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/02/20 / 2020-02-12 07:17:35 / February 12, 2020 @ 7:17 am. Unique identifier: hv71379837. Ids that are associated to the event: hv71379837. Exact location of event, depth 33.64 km, -155.4615021° West, 19.1765003° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.64 km (21 miles).
Nearby 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 Kailua, Hilo, Hōlualoa. Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 3 km SSE of Pahala, Hawaii.
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