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Minor earthquake 3.05 mag, 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii

Earthquake location 19.9757S, -155.7975W


Earthquake location 19.4038334S, -155.279007WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.05 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Unique identifier: hv70133601. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70133601. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/05/18 / 2018-05-09 07:40:34 / May 9, 2018 @ 7:40 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.279007 West, latitude 19.4038334 North, depth = -0.1 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.1 km (-0 miles). The temblor was picked up at 21:40:34 / 9:40 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 41 km (26 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). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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