A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 0.4 km, -155.293335° West, 19.3981667° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.4 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/07/18 / 2018-07-17 21:30:37 / July 17, 2018 @ 9:30 pm. The temblor was picked up at 11:30:37 / 11:30 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: hv70437482. Unique identifier: hv70437482.
Epicenter of the event was 43 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-one, in the last 10 days seven hundred and eighteen, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and sixty-two and in the last 365 days three thousand, six hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 6 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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