A minor earthquake magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of -0.35 km (-0 miles). The 2.98-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:00:33 / 8:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -155.2898407° West, 19.3986664° North, depth -0.35 km. Global time and date of event 12/07/18 / 2018-07-12 18:00:33 / July 12, 2018 @ 6:00 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: hv70413077. Event ids that are associated: hv70413077.
The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby 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.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-two, in the last 10 days seven hundred and fourty-six, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and five and in the last 365 days three thousand, two hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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