A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2916718 West, latitude 19.4033337 North, depth = 0.27 km. Id of earthquake: hv70429577. Event ids that are associated: hv70429577. The temblor was picked up at 19:23:19 / 7:23 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 0.27 km (0 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/07/18 / 2018-07-16 05:23:19 / July 16, 2018 @ 5:23 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-eight, in the last 10 days seven hundred and nine, 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 nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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