A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -1.14 km (-1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: hv70368676. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70368676. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:44:52 / 7:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -155.3116608° West, 19.432333° North, depth -1.14 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/07/18 / 2018-07-05 17:44:52 / July 5, 2018 @ 5:44 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-one, in the last 10 days nine hundred and fourteen, in the past 30 days two thousand and eighty-five and in the last 365 days two thousand, seven hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 7 km W of Volcano, Hawaii.
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