A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.38 km (0 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/07/18 / 2018-07-12 18:16:25 / July 12, 2018 @ 6:16 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2936707° West, 19.4204998° North, depth 0.38 km. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70413132. Unique identifier: hv70413132. The temblor was detected at 08:16:25 / 8:16 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo. Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 77 km (48 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), 72 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-eight, in the last 10 days seven hundred and fifty-two, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and twelve and in the last 365 days three thousand, two hundred and ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km W of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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