A minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. The 2.92-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:26:49 / 5:26 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/05/18 / 2018-05-24 03:26:49 / May 24, 2018 @ 3:26 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.44 km (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -155.2631683° West, 19.4098339° North, depth 0.44 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70186027. Id of event: hv70186027.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-two, in the past 30 days three hundred and fifty-four and in the last 365 days four hundred and six 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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