A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Unique identifier: hv70185082. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70185082. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2773285 West, latitude 19.4039993 North, depth = 0.44 km. The 2.96-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:41:22 / 9:41 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/05/18 / 2018-05-23 19:41:22 / May 23, 2018 @ 7:41 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.44 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-one, in the past 30 days three hundred and fifty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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