A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.92 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of -0.5 km (-0 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: hv70431017. Unique identifier: hv70431017. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/07/18 / 2018-07-16 12:38:37 / July 16, 2018 @ 12:38 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 02:38:37 / 2:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2720032 West, latitude 19.4228325 North, depth = -0.5 km.
Event epicenter was 39 km (24 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), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Hōlualoa, Hilo.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-eight, in the last 10 days seven hundred and thirty-two, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and fourty-one and in the last 365 days three thousand, five hundred and twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 3 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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