A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 09:21:14 / 9:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.2630005° West, latitude 19.4061661° North, depth = 0.36 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.36 km (0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/07/18 / 2018-07-18 19:21:14 / July 18, 2018 @ 7:21 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70441957. Id of event: hv70441957.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 40 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). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-two, in the last 10 days six hundred and fifty-six, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and fourty-seven and in the last 365 days three thousand, six hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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