A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Leilani Estates in Hawaii. The 2.91-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:21:37 / 4:21 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/05/18 / 2018-05-12 14:21:37 / May 12, 2018 @ 2:21 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -154.8831667 West, latitude 19.4818333 North, depth = 2.82 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 2.82 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70149952. Id of event: hv70149952.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Epicenter of the earthquake was 35 km (22 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km ENE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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