A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 18:26:11 / 6:26 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of -0.6 km (-0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/05/18 / 2018-05-05 04:26:11 / May 5, 2018 @ 4:26 am. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70117851. Unique identifier: hv70117851. Exact location of event, longitude -155.3381653 West, latitude 19.2338333 North, depth = -0.6 km.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and one, in the past 30 days one hundred and three and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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