A minor earthquake magnitude 3.09 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, -155.3368378° West, 19.2315006° North, depth -0.11 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/05/18 / 2018-05-05 01:13:20 / May 5, 2018 @ 1:13 am. The 3.09-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:13:20 / 3:13 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv70117171. Event ids that are associated: hv70117171. The epicenter was at a depth of -0.11 km (-0 miles).
Epicenter of the event 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). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Close 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. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-four, in the last 10 days eighty-two, in the past 30 days eighty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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