A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. Event id: hv70117401. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70117401. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.32 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 16:14:23 / 4:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -155.3221741° West, 19.4078331° North, depth 3.32 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/05/18 / 2018-05-05 02:14:23 / May 5, 2018 @ 2:14 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-one, in the last 10 days ninety-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and two and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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