A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2698364 West, latitude 19.4121666 North, depth = 0.58 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/07/18 / 2018-07-08 08:56:54 / July 8, 2018 @ 8:56 am. The temblor was detected at 22:56:54 / 10:56 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: hv70381681. Unique identifier: hv70381681. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.58 km (0 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). 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 (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourty-eight, in the last 10 days eight hundred and seventy-three, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and seventy-seven and in the last 365 days three thousand and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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 WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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