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Minor earthquake: M2.81 quake has struck near Volcano in Hawaii

Earthquake location 19.9757S, -155.7975W


Earthquake location 19.357666S, -155.2796631WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -1.06 km (-1 miles). The 2.81-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:49:17 / 12:49 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv70131006. Event ids that are associated: hv70131006. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2796631 West, latitude 19.357666 North, depth = -1.06 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/05/18 / 2018-05-08 10:49:17 / May 8, 2018 @ 10:49 am.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 46 km (29 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 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty and in the last 365 days two hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 9 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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