A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.31 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Leilani Estates in Hawaii on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/05/18 / 2018-05-04 21:32:44 / May 4, 2018 @ 9:32 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.0288391 West, latitude 19.3398342 North, depth = 6.02 km. The 5.31-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:32:44 / 11:32 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 6.02 km (4 miles). Event id: hv70116411. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt18124050, hv70116411.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalaoa, Waikoloa Village, Kailua. Epicenter of the earthquake was 44 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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