A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was detected at 00:06:30 / 12:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2850037 West, latitude 19.4351673 North, depth = -1.11 km. Global time and date of event 04/07/18 / 2018-07-04 10:06:30 / July 4, 2018 @ 10:06 am UTC/GMT. Event id: hv70362146. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70362146. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -1.11 km (-1 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-one, in the last 10 days one thousand and twenty-seven, in the past 30 days two thousand and eighty-one and in the last 365 days two thousand, seven hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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 W of Volcano, Hawaii.
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