A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/05/18 / 2018-05-18 19:38:10 / May 18, 2018 @ 7:38 pm. The temblor was picked up at 09:38:10 / 9:38 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 0.45 km (0 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -155.2875061 West, latitude 19.4328327 North, depth = 0.45 km. Event id: hv70170957. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70170957.
The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kailua, Waimea, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-three, in the past 30 days two hundred and ninety-nine and in the last 365 days three hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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