A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Leilani Estates in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.76 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: hv70131301. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70131301. Exact location of event, longitude -154.9271667 West, latitude 19.4345 North, depth = 3.76 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/05/18 / 2018-05-08 12:35:33 / May 8, 2018 @ 12:35 pm. The temblor was reported at 02:35:33 / 2:35 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 37 km (23 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 9 km (5 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 3 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii.
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