A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2539978° West, 19.3568325° North, depth 1.03 km. The temblor was detected at 12:31:16 / 12:31 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 1.03 km (1 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/05/18 / 2018-05-15 22:31:16 / May 15, 2018 @ 10:31 pm. Unique identifier: hv70159917. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70159917.
Earthquake 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). 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 Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park.
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 8 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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