A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 20:34:24 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 0.06 km, -155.2913361° West, 19.4193325° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/05/18 / 2018-05-23 06:34:24 / May 23, 2018 @ 6:34 am. Unique identifier: hv70183367. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70183367. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.06 km (0 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-one, in the past 30 days three hundred and fourty-seven and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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 WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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