A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.36 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: hv70190422. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70190422. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2973328 West, latitude 19.3990002 North, depth = 1.36 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/05/18 / 2018-05-25 14:38:53 / May 25, 2018 @ 2:38 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.94-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:38:53 / 4:38 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days three hundred and eighty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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