A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2888336° West, 19.392334° North, depth 5.87 km. Id of earthquake: hv70116816. Event ids that are associated: hv70116816. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.87 km (4 miles). The temblor was detected at 13:37:20 / 1:37 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/05/18 / 2018-05-04 23:37:20 / May 4, 2018 @ 11:37 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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