A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Leilani Estates in Hawaii. Exact location, longitude -154.9658356° West, latitude 19.3883343° North, depth = 6.36 km. Id of earthquake: hv70161527. Event ids that are associated: hv70161527. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/05/18 / 2018-05-16 10:00:42 / May 16, 2018 @ 10:00 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.36 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 00:00:42 / 12:00 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). 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). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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