A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Unique identifier: hv70149032. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70149032. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.83 km (1 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/05/18 / 2018-05-12 09:15:24 / May 12, 2018 @ 9:15 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2653351 West, latitude 19.4156666 North, depth = 1.83 km. The temblor was reported at 23:15:24 / 11:15 pm (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 39 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and seventy-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and ninety-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 3 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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