A minor earthquake magnitude 3.04 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/05/18 / 2018-05-16 22:26:34 / May 16, 2018 @ 10:26 pm. The temblor was detected at 12:26:34 / 12:26 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.2 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -155.2584991° West, latitude 19.4326668° North, depth = 0.2 km. Event id: hv70163597. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70163597.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-eight, in the past 30 days two hundred and eighty-four and in the last 365 days three hundred and thirty-nine 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.
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