A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of event, longitude -155.100174 West, latitude 19.3363342 North, depth = 7.65 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.65 km (5 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/05/18 / 2018-05-06 05:24:17 / May 6, 2018 @ 5:24 am. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:24:17 / 7:24 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: hv70122471. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70122471.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 44 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 32 km (20 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 thirty, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
Did you feel anything?
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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 17 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply