A minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) strikes 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. The 2.93-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:20:42 / 6:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.2929993° West, latitude 19.3764992° North, depth = -0.87 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/07/18 / 2018-07-08 04:20:42 / July 8, 2018 @ 4:20 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.87 km (-1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: hv70380621. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70380621.
Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-three, in the last 10 days eight hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and twenty-two and in the last 365 days two thousand, nine hundred and fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 8 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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