A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.59 (ml/mb) was reported 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/05/20 / 2020-05-12 02:37:08 / May 12, 2020 @ 2:37 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv71509142. Id of event: hv71509142. Exact location of earthquake, -155.1833344° West, 18.9233341° North, depth 9.49 km. The 3.59-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:37:08 / 4:37 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 9.49 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 68 km (42 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hawaiian Paradise Park, 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 44 km SE of Pahala, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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