A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location, longitude -155.2845001° West, latitude 19.4319992° North, depth = -0.64 km. Global time and date of event 08/07/18 / 2018-07-08 03:25:57 / July 8, 2018 @ 3:25 am UTC/GMT. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:25:57 / 5:25 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.64 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: hv70380411. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70380411.
Epicenter of the event 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). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Hōlualoa, Hilo.
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 fifty-six, in the last 10 days nine hundred and nineteen, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and ninety-three and in the last 365 days three thousand and twelve 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: 4 km W of Volcano, Hawaii.
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