A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 05:19:14 / 5:19 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/05/18 / 2018-05-10 15:19:14 / May 10, 2018 @ 3:19 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.64 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 0.64 km, -155.2819977° West, 19.4051666° North. Unique identifier: hv70141182. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70141182.
Epicenter of the event was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 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 Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park.
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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 quakes in the world.
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