A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Id of earthquake: hv70381371. Event ids that are associated: hv70381371. The 2.91-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:30:00 / 9:30 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -1.15 km (-1 miles). Global time and date of event 08/07/18 / 2018-07-08 07:30:00 / July 8, 2018 @ 7:30 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth -1.15 km, -155.2851715° West, 19.4333324° North.
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). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Hōlualoa, Hilo. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and fourty-nine, in the last 10 days eight hundred and ninety, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and seventy-nine and in the last 365 days three thousand and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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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