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Minor earthquake 3.02 mag, 1 km SE of Pahala, Hawaii

Earthquake location 19.9757S, -155.7975W


Earthquake location 19.1968327S, -155.4734955WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) strikes 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii on Tuesday. Unique identifier: hv70160487. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70160487. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/05/18 / 2018-05-16 03:45:49 / May 16, 2018 @ 3:45 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 17:45:49 / 5:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -155.4734955° West, 19.1968327° North, depth 31.94 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 31.94 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the event was 72 km (44 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-five, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 1 km SE of Pahala, Hawaii.

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