A minor earthquake magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Fern Acres in Hawaii. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/03/20 / 2020-03-18 04:20:49 / March 18, 2020 @ 4:20 am. Unique identifier: hv71434612. Ids that are associated to the event: hv71434612. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.5 km (3 miles). The temblor was picked up at 18:20:49 / 6:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.056839° West, latitude 19.3623333° North, depth = 4.5 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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