A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/07/18 / 2018-07-11 11:19:12 / July 11, 2018 @ 11:19 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.82 km (-1 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70397101. Id of event: hv70397101. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2986603° West, 19.4318333° North, depth -0.82 km. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:19:12 / 1:19 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-six, in the last 10 days eight hundred and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and two and in the last 365 days three thousand, two hundred and thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km W of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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