A minor earthquake magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:58:26 / 5:58 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.21 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/07/18 / 2018-07-15 03:58:26 / July 15, 2018 @ 3:58 am. Exact location of event, depth 1.21 km, -155.2754974° West, 19.3939991° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70424612. Id of event: hv70424612.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake 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), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 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 fifty-seven, in the last 10 days seven hundred and twelve, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and fifty-eight and in the last 365 days three thousand, four hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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: 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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