A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Leilani Estates in Hawaii on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 09:19:34 / 9:19 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -154.9153° West, 19.4599° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/05/18 / 2018-05-02 19:19:34 / May 2, 2018 @ 7:19 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us1000dwba. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dwba.
The epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 7 km (5 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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