A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.72 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70448052. Id of event: hv70448052. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/07/18 / 2018-07-20 02:09:02 / July 20, 2018 @ 2:09 am. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2763367° West, 19.4239998° North, depth 0.72 km. The temblor was reported at 16:09:02 / 4:09 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 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). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and eleven, in the last 10 days six hundred and ninety-five, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and ninety-eight and in the last 365 days three thousand, seven hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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