A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. Global time and date of event 25/05/18 / 2018-05-25 18:19:26 / May 25, 2018 @ 6:19 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70191087. Id of event: hv70191087. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.52 km (0 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -155.2928314 West, latitude 19.4125004 North, depth = 0.52 km. The temblor was detected at 08:19:26 / 8:19 am (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-one, in the past 30 days three hundred and ninety-eight and in the last 365 days four hundred and fifty 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 WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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