A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Leilani Estates in Hawaii on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -154.9759979° West, latitude 19.3901672° North, depth = 7.32 km. The temblor was detected at 05:46:05 / 5:46 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70107256. Id of event: hv70107256. Global time and date of event 02/05/18 / 2018-05-02 15:46:05 / May 2, 2018 @ 3:46 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.32 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, 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 has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 10 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii.
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