A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was picked up at 09:45:32 / 9:45 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.23 km (1 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/05/18 / 2018-05-27 19:45:32 / May 27, 2018 @ 7:45 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70197222. Unique identifier: hv70197222. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2875061 West, latitude 19.4021664 North, depth = 1.23 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 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), 73 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-six, in the past 30 days four hundred and thirty-five and in the last 365 days four hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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