A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.26 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -1.1 km (-1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.26-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:30:34 / 4:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/05/18 / 2018-05-05 02:30:34 / May 5, 2018 @ 2:30 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth -1.1 km, -155.2606659° West, 19.3968334° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70117446. Id of event: hv70117446.
Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-four, in the last 10 days eighty-two, in the past 30 days eighty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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