A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. Unique identifier: hv70159527. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70159527. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/05/18 / 2018-05-15 19:30:01 / May 15, 2018 @ 7:30 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.9 km (5 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -155.3983307 West, latitude 19.4445 North, depth = 7.9 km. The temblor was picked up at 09:30:01 / 9:30 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waikoloa Village, Waimea, Kalaoa. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-one and in the last 365 days three hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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