A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.9 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 08:27:09 / 8:27 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -155.2558289° West, 19.3145008° North, depth 5.9 km. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70727646. Unique identifier: hv70727646. Global time and date of event 11/12/18 / 2018-12-11 18:27:09 / December 11, 2018 @ 6:27 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 49 km (31 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days four thousand, seven hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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