A minor earthquake magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Event id: hv70423827. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70423827. The epicenter was at a depth of -0.62 km (-0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/07/18 / 2018-07-15 00:23:34 / July 15, 2018 @ 12:23 am. The temblor was reported at 14:23:34 / 2:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -155.2683258 West, latitude 19.4153328 North, depth = -0.62 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-six, in the last 10 days seven hundred and four, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days three thousand, four hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 3 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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