A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2783356° West, 19.4013329° North, depth 3.2 km. The temblor was picked up at 00:06:15 / 12:06 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70362141. Id of event: hv70362141. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/07/18 / 2018-07-04 10:06:15 / July 4, 2018 @ 10:06 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.2 km (2 miles).
The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-one, in the last 10 days one thousand and twenty-six, in the past 30 days two thousand and eighty and in the last 365 days two thousand, seven hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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