A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:40:25 / 12:40 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: hv70418542. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70418542. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.1 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -155.260498 West, latitude 19.4080009 North, depth = 1.1 km. Global time and date of event 13/07/18 / 2018-07-13 22:40:25 / July 13, 2018 @ 10:40 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park.
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-two, in the last 10 days seven hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and twenty-five and in the last 365 days three thousand, three hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 3 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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