A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:05:06 / 4:05 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.32 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/18 / 2018-07-06 14:05:06 / July 6, 2018 @ 2:05 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70372701. Unique identifier: hv70372701. Exact location, longitude -155.2578278° West, latitude 19.4286671° North, depth = 0.32 km.
Event epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-three, in the last 10 days eight hundred and eighty, in the past 30 days two thousand, one hundred and thirty-six and in the last 365 days two thousand, eight hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 2 km W of Volcano, Hawaii.
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