A minor earthquake magnitude 3.49 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/07/18 / 2018-07-18 08:48:40 / July 18, 2018 @ 8:48 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 36.98 km (23 miles). The 3.49-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:48:40 / 10:48 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: hv70439817. Unique identifier: hv70439817. Exact location of event, longitude -155.4105072 West, latitude 19.2385006 North, depth = 36.98 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalaoa, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-five, in the last 10 days six hundred and seventy, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and seventy-eight and in the last 365 days three thousand, six hundred and fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. 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: 8 km ENE of Pahala, Hawaii.
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