A minor earthquake magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Leilani Estates in Hawaii. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.23 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: hv70438647. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70438647. Exact location of event, longitude -154.9573364 West, latitude 19.4456673 North, depth = -0.23 km. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:49:49 / 4:49 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/07/18 / 2018-07-18 02:49:49 / July 18, 2018 @ 2:49 am.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 35 km (21 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-seven, in the last 10 days seven hundred and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days two thousand, five hundred and thirteen and in the last 365 days three thousand, six hundred and fifty-nine 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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