A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Event id: hv70411127. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70411127. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2716675 West, latitude 19.3973331 North, depth = 1.19 km. The temblor was picked up at 22:24:25 / 10:24 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.19 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/07/18 / 2018-07-12 08:24:25 / July 12, 2018 @ 8:24 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-three, in the last 10 days seven hundred and fourty-six, in the past 30 days two thousand, three hundred and ninety-one and in the last 365 days three thousand, two hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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: 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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