A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/07/18 / 2018-07-05 21:12:23 / July 5, 2018 @ 9:12 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.15 km (-0 miles). The 2.85-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:12:23 / 11:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -155.2663269 West, latitude 19.4083328 North, depth = -0.15 km. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70369401. Unique identifier: hv70369401.
Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-six, in the last 10 days nine hundred and thirty-four, in the past 30 days two thousand, one hundred and twenty-two and in the last 365 days two thousand, seven hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 3 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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