A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Leilani Estates in Hawaii. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/05/18 / 2018-05-16 01:56:47 / May 16, 2018 @ 1:56 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -154.9773407 West, latitude 19.3876667 North, depth = 6.34 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.34 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 15:56:47 / 3:56 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv70160257. Event ids that are associated: hv70160257, us1000e61l.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 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). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-five and in the last 365 days three hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 10 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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