A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Fern Acres in Hawaii. Exact location, longitude -155.0763397° West, latitude 19.350666° North, depth = 6.27 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.27 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:15:34 / 11:15 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: hv61758126. Ids that are associated to the event: hv61758126. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/05/17 / 2017-05-18 21:15:34 / May 18, 2017 @ 9:15 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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 S of Fern Acres, Hawaii.
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