A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.47 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/07/18 / 2018-07-01 00:25:03 / July 1, 2018 @ 12:25 am. The temblor was detected at 14:25:03 / 2:25 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2621613 West, latitude 19.4023342 North, depth = 0.47 km. Id of earthquake: hv70345861. Event ids that are associated: hv70345861.
The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirteen, in the last 10 days one thousand and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days one thousand, eight hundred and thirteen and in the last 365 days two thousand, three hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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. 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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