A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location, longitude -155.2756667° West, latitude 19.4161667° North, depth = 0.93 km. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70183317. Unique identifier: hv70183317. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.93 km (1 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:11:01 / 8:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/05/18 / 2018-05-23 06:11:01 / May 23, 2018 @ 6:11 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been twelve, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-one, in the past 30 days three hundred and fourty-six and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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 WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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