A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.61 km (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -155.2881622° West, 19.4125004° North, depth 0.61 km. The 2.98-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:36:52 / 3:36 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/07/18 / 2018-07-12 13:36:52 / July 12, 2018 @ 1:36 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70412182. Id of event: hv70412182.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 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), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days seven hundred and twenty-seven, in the past 30 days two thousand, three hundred and eighty-six and in the last 365 days three thousand, two hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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