A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/07/18 / 2018-07-17 18:44:57 / July 17, 2018 @ 6:44 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.44 km (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2608337 West, latitude 19.4025002 North, depth = 0.44 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:44:57 / 8:44 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv70436957. Event ids that are associated: hv70436957.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-two, in the last 10 days seven hundred and twelve, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and fourty-five and in the last 365 days three thousand, five hundred and ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes 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 SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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