A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:36:01 / 5:36 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/05/18 / 2018-05-26 15:36:01 / May 26, 2018 @ 3:36 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.25 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70194042. Id of event: hv70194042. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2731628° West, 19.3964996° North, depth 0.25 km.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-nine, in the past 30 days four hundred and twenty-seven and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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