A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 17:49:02 / 5:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/03/18 / 2018-03-21 03:49:02 / March 21, 2018 @ 3:49 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.02 km (21 miles). Id of earthquake: hv70058691. Event ids that are associated: hv70058691. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.411499 West, latitude 19.2180004 North, depth = 34.02 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 7 km E of Pahala, Hawaii.
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