A minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 23:45:11 / 11:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -155.2740021 West, latitude 19.3976669 North, depth = 1.03 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/05/18 / 2018-05-29 09:45:11 / May 29, 2018 @ 9:45 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.03 km (1 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70204077. Id of event: hv70204077.
The epicenter 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). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty, in the past 30 days four hundred and ninety-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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