A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii. Exact location, longitude -155.316° West, latitude 19.1996667° North, depth = 0.92 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.92 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 17:55:52 / 5:55 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/05/18 / 2018-05-05 03:55:52 / May 5, 2018 @ 3:55 am. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70117751. Unique identifier: hv70117751.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (39 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-three, in the last 10 days one hundred and eleven, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-five 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: 17 km E of Pahala, Hawaii.
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