A minor earthquake magnitude 2.96 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70381646. Id of event: hv70381646. Exact location of event, longitude -155.306839 West, latitude 19.4256668 North, depth = -1.16 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -1.16 km (-1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/07/18 / 2018-07-08 08:50:32 / July 8, 2018 @ 8:50 am. The temblor was picked up at 22:50:32 / 10:50 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa, Waimea. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 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 one hundred and fourty-seven, 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 eleven 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km W of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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