A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70130986. Unique identifier: hv70130986. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/05/18 / 2018-05-08 10:39:41 / May 8, 2018 @ 10:39 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.21 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth -0.21 km, -155.2561646° West, 19.392334° North. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:39:41 / 12:39 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty and in the last 365 days two hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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