A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.65 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 11:42:32 / 11:42 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 12/07/18 / 2018-07-12 21:42:32 / July 12, 2018 @ 9:42 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: hv70413812. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70413812. Exact location of event, depth 0.65 km, -155.2720032° West, 19.3920002° North.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-one, in the last 10 days seven hundred and sixty, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and twenty-one and in the last 365 days three thousand, three hundred and three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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