A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70184372. Id of event: hv70184372. The temblor was detected at 03:48:34 / 3:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.2833405° West, latitude 19.3910007° North, depth = 0.58 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/05/18 / 2018-05-23 13:48:34 / May 23, 2018 @ 1:48 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.58 km (0 miles).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
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 fourteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-three, in the past 30 days three hundred and fourty-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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