A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70379921. Unique identifier: hv70379921. The temblor was picked up at 15:23:12 / 3:23 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.34 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/07/18 / 2018-07-08 01:23:12 / July 8, 2018 @ 1:23 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -155.274826 West, latitude 19.4174995 North, depth = -0.34 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and sixty-six, in the last 10 days nine hundred and twenty-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand, three hundred and two and in the last 365 days three thousand and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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 WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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