A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. Exact location, longitude -155.2704926° West, latitude 19.3991661° North, depth = 0.36 km. The temblor was reported at 14:07:52 / 2:07 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/07/18 / 2018-07-01 00:07:52 / July 1, 2018 @ 12:07 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70345796. Id of event: hv70345796. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.36 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fifteen, in the last 10 days one thousand and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days one thousand, eight hundred and fifteen and in the last 365 days two thousand, three hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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