A minor earthquake magnitude 3.14 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.23 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -155.235672° West, 19.4048328° North, depth -0.23 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/05/18 / 2018-05-15 22:39:57 / May 15, 2018 @ 10:39 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70159932. Unique identifier: hv70159932. The temblor was reported at 12:39:57 / 12:39 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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