A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.39 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Pahala in Hawaii. Exact location, longitude -155.4069977° West, latitude 19.2329998° North, depth = 32.54 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/05/20 / 2020-05-10 22:20:41 / May 10, 2020 @ 10:20 pm. The temblor was reported at 12:20:41 / 12:20 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: hv71507312. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv71507312. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.54 km (20 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 76 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), 82 km (51 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalaoa, Kailua, Hōlualoa. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 8 km ENE of Pahala, Hawaii.
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