A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.83 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70445132. Unique identifier: hv70445132. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.82 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -155.287674 West, latitude 19.4185009 North, depth = 0.82 km. The 2.83-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:14:23 / 1:14 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 19/07/18 / 2018-07-19 11:14:23 / July 19, 2018 @ 11:14 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-seven, in the last 10 days six hundred and fifty-seven, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and fifty-one and in the last 365 days three thousand, seven hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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