A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. Exact location, longitude -155.2663269° West, latitude 19.4290009° North, depth = 0.11 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/05/18 / 2018-05-26 00:06:08 / May 26, 2018 @ 12:06 am. The 3.21-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:06:08 / 2:06 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70192087. Id of event: hv70192087. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.11 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Waimea, Hōlualoa. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-two, in the past 30 days four hundred and twenty-two and in the last 365 days four hundred and seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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