A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Unique identifier: hv70436802. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70436802. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:51:03 / 7:51 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 17/07/18 / 2018-07-17 17:51:03 / July 17, 2018 @ 5:51 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -155.269165 West, latitude 19.4104996 North, depth = 1.12 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.12 km (1 miles).
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 (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-five, in the last 10 days seven hundred and fifteen, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and fourty-two and in the last 365 days three thousand, five hundred and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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