A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:30:46 / 12:30 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70159912. Id of event: hv70159912. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.63 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2551727 West, latitude 19.3584995 North, depth = 0.63 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/05/18 / 2018-05-15 22:30:46 / May 15, 2018 @ 10:30 pm.
The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days two hundred and fifty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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