A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.96 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2704926 West, latitude 19.4006672 North, depth = 0.96 km. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:42:20 / 2:42 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv70367601. Event ids that are associated: hv70367601. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/07/18 / 2018-07-05 12:42:20 / July 5, 2018 @ 12:42 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Event epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-three, in the last 10 days nine hundred and eleven, in the past 30 days two thousand and sixty-seven and in the last 365 days two thousand, seven hundred and twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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