A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/07/18 / 2018-07-12 20:20:21 / July 12, 2018 @ 8:20 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:20:21 / 10:20 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.12 km (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2678375 West, latitude 19.4209995 North, depth = 0.12 km. Event id: hv70413542. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70413542.
Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-three, in the last 10 days seven hundred and fifty-six, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and sixteen and in the last 365 days three thousand, two hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 3 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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