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Minor earthquake: M2.96 quake has struck near Volcano in Hawaii

Earthquake location 19.9757S, -155.7975W


Earthquake location 19.4056664S, -155.2761688WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The epicenter was at a depth of -0.01 km (-0 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/05/18 / 2018-05-08 11:13:07 / May 8, 2018 @ 11:13 am. Id of earthquake: hv70131071. Event ids that are associated: hv70131071. The temblor was detected at 01:13:07 / 1:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth -0.01 km, -155.2761688° West, 19.4056664° North.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-one and in the last 365 days two hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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