A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/07/18 / 2018-07-15 05:01:40 / July 15, 2018 @ 5:01 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.2 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 19:01:40 / 7:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.2803345° West, latitude 19.3921661° North, depth = 1.2 km. Unique identifier: hv70424842. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70424842.
Epicenter of the event was 43 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (22 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). 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).
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 and twenty-four, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and sixty-nine and in the last 365 days three thousand, four hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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