A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was picked up at 05:15:02 / 5:15 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv70368161. Event ids that are associated: hv70368161. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2868347 West, latitude 19.4123325 North, depth = 0.66 km. Global time and date of event 05/07/18 / 2018-07-05 15:15:02 / July 5, 2018 @ 3:15 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.66 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-five, in the last 10 days nine hundred and eighteen, in the past 30 days two thousand and seventy-four and in the last 365 days two thousand, seven hundred and thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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