A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70117016. Unique identifier: hv70117016. The temblor was picked up at 14:33:43 / 2:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -155.3175049 West, latitude 19.4104996 North, depth = 3.94 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 3.94 km (2 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/05/18 / 2018-05-05 00:33:43 / May 5, 2018 @ 12:33 am.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
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. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 8 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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