A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/07/18 / 2018-07-04 18:52:36 / July 4, 2018 @ 6:52 pm. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:52:36 / 8:52 am (local time epicenter). Event id: hv70363991. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70363991. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.06 km (1 miles). Exact location, longitude -155.2859955° West, latitude 19.4311676° North, depth = 1.06 km.
Event epicenter 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), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Hōlualoa, Hilo. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes 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 two, in the last 10 days nine hundred and seventy-one, 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 was reported nearby.
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