A light earthquake magnitude 4.07 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Leilani Estates in Hawaii on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.0225067 West, latitude 19.3926659 North, depth = -0.68 km. Event id: hv70161757. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70161757. Global time and date of event 16/05/18 / 2018-05-16 11:30:44 / May 16, 2018 @ 11:30 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -0.68 km (-0 miles). The temblor was picked up at 01:30:44 / 1:30 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-four, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 13 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii.
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