A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/07/18 / 2018-07-19 09:35:08 / July 19, 2018 @ 9:35 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.6 km (0 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70444792. Id of event: hv70444792. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:35:08 / 11:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2758331 West, latitude 19.3941669 North, depth = 0.6 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-two, in the last 10 days six hundred and sixty-one, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and fifty and in the last 365 days three thousand, seven hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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