A minor earthquake magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.215332 West, latitude 19.5146675 North, depth = 10.47 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70426482. Id of event: hv70426482. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.47 km (7 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/07/18 / 2018-07-15 12:50:55 / July 15, 2018 @ 12:50 pm. The 2.92-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:50:55 / 2:50 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Waimea, Hilo. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 27 km (17 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 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 one hundred, in the last 10 days seven hundred and sixty-three, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and seventy-three and in the last 365 days three thousand, four hundred and eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 9 km NNE of Volcano, Hawaii.
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