A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii. The temblor was picked up at 14:37:10 / 2:37 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/05/18 / 2018-05-05 00:37:10 / May 5, 2018 @ 12:37 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: hv70117041. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt18125050, hv70117041. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.4 km (0 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -155.3241667 West, latitude 19.227 North, depth = 0.4 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa. Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 84 km (52 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), 89 km (55 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty, in the last 10 days seventy-eight, in the past 30 days eighty and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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 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: 16 km E of Pahala, Hawaii.
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