A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/07/18 / 2018-07-17 20:53:13 / July 17, 2018 @ 8:53 pm UTC/GMT. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:53:13 / 10:53 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.17 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: hv70437352. Event ids that are associated: hv70437352. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2871667° West, 19.4006667° North, depth 1.17 km.
Close 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). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-one, in the last 10 days seven hundred and twenty-four, 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.
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