A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:49:12 / 4:49 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/07/18 / 2018-07-04 14:49:12 / July 4, 2018 @ 2:49 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.73 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70363191. Unique identifier: hv70363191. Exact location, longitude -155.2915039° West, latitude 19.4078331° North, depth = 0.73 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-five, in the last 10 days nine hundred and seventy-one, in the past 30 days two thousand and fourty-three and in the last 365 days two thousand, six hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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