A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Leilani Estates in Hawaii. Exact location of event, depth -0.45 km, -154.9668274° West, 19.4591675° North. The 2.86-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:07:12 / 12:07 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.45 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70108261. Id of event: hv70108261. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/05/18 / 2018-05-02 22:07:12 / May 2, 2018 @ 10:07 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). Event epicenter was 33 km (20 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 5 km (3 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km WSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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