A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Honaunau-Napoopoo in Hawaii on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 17:58:45 / 5:58 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/05/18 / 2018-05-02 03:58:45 / May 2, 2018 @ 3:58 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth -1.62 km, -155.7794952° West, 19.3104992° North. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70105381. Unique identifier: hv70105381. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -1.62 km (-1 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Kailua (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 18 km SSE of Honaunau-Napoopoo, Hawaii.
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