A minor earthquake magnitude 3.02 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. Unique identifier: hv70182962. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70182962. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.13 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 18:02:23 / 6:02 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/05/18 / 2018-05-23 04:02:23 / May 23, 2018 @ 4:02 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 0.13 km, -155.2826691° West, 19.4168339° North.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (49 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), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-eight, in the past 30 days three hundred and fourty-three and in the last 365 days three hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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