A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 03/05/18 / 2018-05-03 09:22:50 / May 3, 2018 @ 9:22 am UTC/GMT. The 2.86-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:22:50 / 11:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.2511597° West, latitude 19.3999996° North, depth = 2.3 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.3 km (1 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70110246. Id of event: hv70110246.
Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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