A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, -155.329° West, 19.236° North, depth 6.2 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.2 km (4 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/05/18 / 2018-05-05 00:37:10 / May 5, 2018 @ 12:37 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:37:10 / 2:37 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt18125050. Id of event: pt18125050.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days sixty-seven, in the past 30 days sixty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 16 km ENE of Pahala, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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