A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Leilani Estates in Hawaii. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 06:50:32 / 6:50 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.2 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/08/18 / 2018-08-09 16:50:32 / August 9, 2018 @ 4:50 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: pt18221001. Unique identifier: pt18221001. Exact location of event, longitude -155.021 West, latitude 19.346 North, depth = 6.2 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two hundred and ninety-nine, in the past 30 days one thousand, six hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days four thousand, seven hundred and fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 17 km SW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii.
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