A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Leilani Estates in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 09:26:27 / 9:26 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/05/18 / 2018-05-11 19:26:27 / May 11, 2018 @ 7:26 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.24 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -154.8653259 West, latitude 19.4868336 North, depth = 2.24 km. Event id: hv70146747. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70146747.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Questions or comments?
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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 5 km ENE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply