A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.55 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70414672. Unique identifier: hv70414672. The 2.97-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:40:44 / 4:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.3975067° West, latitude 19.3875008° North, depth = 7.55 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/07/18 / 2018-07-13 02:40:44 / July 13, 2018 @ 2:40 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Kalaoa (c. 9 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Waikoloa Village, Kalaoa (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-two, in the last 10 days seven hundred and fourty-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and thirty and in the last 365 days three thousand, three hundred and eighteen 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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