A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/05/24 / 2024-05-18 04:24:10 / May 18, 2024 @ 4:24 am. Exact location of event, longitude -155.27366638184 West, latitude 19.397333145142 North, depth = 1.2999999523163 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv74236252. Id of event: hv74236252. The temblor was picked up at 04:24:10 / 4:24 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.2999999523163 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
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 was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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