A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -155.281° West, latitude 19.405° North, depth = 0.04 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.04 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: hv70180197. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70180197. Global time and date of event 22/05/18 / 2018-05-22 03:51:11 / May 22, 2018 @ 3:51 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 17:51:11 / 5:51 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 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), 82 km (51 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and eight, in the last 10 days three hundred and fourty-four, in the past 30 days five hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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