A minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. The 2.93-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:09:52 / 1:09 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 1.09 km (1 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/05/18 / 2018-05-25 23:09:52 / May 25, 2018 @ 11:09 pm. Exact location of event, depth 1.09 km, -155.2969971° West, 19.3953342° North. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70191942. Unique identifier: hv70191942.
Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 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 that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy, in the past 30 days four hundred and twenty and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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