A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70191892. Id of event: hv70191892. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/05/18 / 2018-05-25 22:47:31 / May 25, 2018 @ 10:47 pm. The 2.99-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:47:31 / 12:47 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.75 km (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -155.2666626° West, 19.4343338° North, depth 0.75 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Hōlualoa, Hilo. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 38 km (23 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-seven, in the past 30 days four hundred and seventeen and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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: 3 km W of Volcano, Hawaii.
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