A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:15:44 / 4:15 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/05/19 / 2019-05-20 02:15:44 / May 20, 2019 @ 2:15 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.56 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: hv70960486. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70960486. Exact location of event, longitude -155.1891632 West, latitude 19.3496666 North, depth = 3.56 km.
The epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days four thousand, four hundred and ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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