A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2866669 West, latitude 19.4028339 North, depth = 0.15 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.15 km (0 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/07/18 / 2018-07-18 08:57:13 / July 18, 2018 @ 8:57 am. The temblor was detected at 22:57:13 / 10:57 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: hv70439852. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70439852.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-five, in the last 10 days six hundred and seventy-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and eighty-eight and in the last 365 days three thousand, six hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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