A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Leilani Estates in Hawaii. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.18 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 13:12:59 / 1:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -154.9136667° West, latitude 19.4646667° North, depth = 3.18 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/05/18 / 2018-05-12 23:12:59 / May 12, 2018 @ 11:12 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70151177. Unique identifier: hv70151177.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-one, in the past 30 days two hundred and four and in the last 365 days two hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. 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: 0 km SE of Leilani Estates, Hawaii.
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