A minor earthquake magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 16:45:53 / 4:45 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/06/18 / 2018-06-18 02:45:53 / June 18, 2018 @ 2:45 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.16 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.454834 West, latitude 19.3724995 North, depth = 8.16 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70282446. Id of event: hv70282446.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-one, in the last 10 days four hundred and thirty-six, in the past 30 days eight hundred and five and in the last 365 days one thousand, one hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 18 km N of Pahala, Hawaii.
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