A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 23/05/18 / 2018-05-23 03:37:15 / May 23, 2018 @ 3:37 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70182897. Id of event: hv70182897. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2891693 West, latitude 19.4249992 North, depth = -0.18 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.18 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 17:37:15 / 5:37 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 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), 72 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days three hundred and fourty-two and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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