A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.89 km (1 miles). Id of earthquake: hv70207247. Event ids that are associated: hv70207247. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2678375 West, latitude 19.3961658 North, depth = 0.89 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/05/18 / 2018-05-30 03:04:54 / May 30, 2018 @ 3:04 am. The temblor was picked up at 17:04:54 / 5:04 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and eighty-eight, in the past 30 days five hundred and five and in the last 365 days five hundred and fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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