A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Sunday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.21 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70426287. Unique identifier: hv70426287. The temblor was reported at 01:53:16 / 1:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -155.2801666 West, latitude 19.3991661 North, depth = 0.21 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/07/18 / 2018-07-15 11:53:16 / July 15, 2018 @ 11:53 am UTC/GMT.
The epicenter 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), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred, in the last 10 days seven hundred and sixty-five, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and eighty-two and in the last 365 days three thousand, four hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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