A minor earthquake magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 2.86-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:38:39 / 10:38 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.31 km (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2901611 West, latitude 19.430666 North, depth = 0.31 km. Id of earthquake: hv70430222. Event ids that are associated: hv70430222. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/07/18 / 2018-07-16 08:38:39 / July 16, 2018 @ 8:38 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-one, in the last 10 days seven hundred and sixteen, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and thirty-two and in the last 365 days three thousand, five hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km W of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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