A minor earthquake magnitude 3.46 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/05/18 / 2018-05-05 09:46:05 / May 5, 2018 @ 9:46 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.71 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.46-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:46:05 / 11:46 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: hv70118956. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70118956. Exact location, longitude -155.1945038° West, latitude 19.0480003° North, depth = 9.71 km.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-two, in the last 10 days one hundred, in the past 30 days one hundred and two and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 34 km ESE of Pahala, Hawaii.
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