A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Monday. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:14:17 / 1:14 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: hv70202127. Unique identifier: hv70202127. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2588348 West, latitude 19.4204998 North, depth = -0.29 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.29 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/05/18 / 2018-05-28 23:14:17 / May 28, 2018 @ 11:14 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 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), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-eight, in the past 30 days four hundred and eighty and in the last 365 days five hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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