A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. The temblor was detected at 15:37:10 / 3:37 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of -0.44 km (-0 miles). Exact location of event, depth -0.44 km, -155.2648315° West, 19.4148331° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/05/18 / 2018-05-25 01:37:10 / May 25, 2018 @ 1:37 am. Unique identifier: hv70188762. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70188762.
Close 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 Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days three hundred and seventy and in the last 365 days four hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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. 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 WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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