A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Monday. Id of earthquake: hv70432307. Event ids that are associated: hv70432307. The temblor was picked up at 08:59:35 / 8:59 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/07/18 / 2018-07-16 18:59:35 / July 16, 2018 @ 6:59 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.9 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -155.2698364° West, latitude 19.4163342° North, depth = 0.9 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake 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). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-eight, in the last 10 days seven hundred and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and fourty-nine and in the last 365 days three thousand, five hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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: 3 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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