A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.92 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 0.92 km, -155.27866666667° West, 19.385666666667° North. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:24:16 / 4:24 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/05/24 / 2024-05-18 04:24:16 / May 18, 2024 @ 4:24 am. Unique identifier: hv74236247. Ids that are associated to the event: hv74236247.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park.
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days twenty 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. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 7 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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