A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.34 km (0 miles). Unique identifier: hv70436162. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70436162. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/07/18 / 2018-07-17 14:42:56 / July 17, 2018 @ 2:42 pm. Exact location, longitude -155.2976685° West, latitude 19.3941669° North, depth = 0.34 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:42:56 / 4:42 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-four, in the last 10 days seven hundred and sixteen, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and fourty-six and in the last 365 days three thousand, five hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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