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Minor earthquake, 2.95 mag has occurred near Volcano in Hawaii

Earthquake location 19.9757S, -155.7975W


Earthquake location 19.362S, -155.2816667WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 1.34 km, -155.2816667° West, 19.362° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.34 km (1 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: hv70130931. Unique identifier: hv70130931. The 2.95-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:16:58 / 12:16 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/05/18 / 2018-05-08 10:16:58 / May 8, 2018 @ 10:16 am UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Epicenter of the event was 46 km (28 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-four and in the last 365 days two hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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 SSW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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