A minor earthquake magnitude 3.01 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/05/18 / 2018-05-16 11:13:19 / May 16, 2018 @ 11:13 am. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70161712. Unique identifier: hv70161712. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2709961 West, latitude 19.3563328 North, depth = 0.07 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.07 km (0 miles). The temblor was picked up at 01:13:19 / 1:13 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-two, in the past 30 days two hundred and sixty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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