A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 18:59:39 / 6:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -155.269165° West, 19.4165001° North, depth 0.14 km. Global time and date of event 16/07/18 / 2018-07-16 04:59:39 / July 16, 2018 @ 4:59 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.14 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: hv70429532. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70429532.
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). Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-one, in the last 10 days seven hundred and ten, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and twenty-one and in the last 365 days three thousand, four hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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