A minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2576599 West, latitude 19.4211674 North, depth = 0.68 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:10:46 / 2:10 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/07/18 / 2018-07-15 00:10:46 / July 15, 2018 @ 12:10 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.68 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: hv70423777. Event ids that are associated: hv70423777.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 31 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-three, in the last 10 days seven hundred, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and fifty-two and in the last 365 days three thousand, four hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 2 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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