A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30.5 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -155.3003387 West, latitude 19.3023338 North, depth = 30.5 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70042032. Id of event: hv70042032. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:58:30 / 8:58 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 21/02/18 / 2018-02-21 06:58:30 / February 21, 2018 @ 6:58 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (33 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 15 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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