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Minor earthquake: M2.97 quake has struck near Volcano in Hawaii

Earthquake location 19.9757S, -155.7975W


Earthquake location 19.3980007S, -155.2723389WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Id of earthquake: hv70133741. Event ids that are associated: hv70133741. The temblor was picked up at 22:56:33 / 10:56 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.2723389° West, latitude 19.3980007° North, depth = 0 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/05/18 / 2018-05-09 08:56:33 / May 9, 2018 @ 8:56 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 42 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), 75 km (47 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.

In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-eight and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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