A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was detected at 19:08:54 / 7:08 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.19 km (0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/07/18 / 2018-07-18 05:08:54 / July 18, 2018 @ 5:08 am. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2896729° West, 19.4335003° North, depth 0.19 km. Unique identifier: hv70439142. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70439142.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Waimea, Hōlualoa.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-seven, in the last 10 days seven hundred and seventeen, in the past 30 days two thousand, five hundred and twelve and in the last 365 days three thousand, six hundred and sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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