A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv61468386. Id of event: hv61468386. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:45:48 / 12:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.1373291° West, latitude 19.3288326° North, depth = 1.21 km. Global time and date of event 04/11/16 / 2016-11-04 22:45:48 / November 4, 2016 @ 10:45 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.21 km (1 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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: 15 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii.
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