A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/05/18 / 2018-05-30 12:57:02 / May 30, 2018 @ 12:57 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.1 km (0 miles). Exact location, longitude -155.2888336° West, latitude 19.4273338° North, depth = 0.1 km. The 2.89-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:57:02 / 2:57 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: hv70209122. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70209122.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 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), 72 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days one hundred and ninety-three, in the past 30 days five hundred and eleven and in the last 365 days five hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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