A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Honoka’a in Hawaii. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:28:45 / 10:28 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 18.8 km (12 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/06/18 / 2018-06-06 20:28:45 / June 6, 2018 @ 8:28 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: pt18157050. Event ids that are associated: pt18157050. Exact location of event, longitude -155.435 West, latitude 20.464 North, depth = 18.8 km.
Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Waikoloa Village (c. 6 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Waikoloa Village, Waimea (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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