A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/07/18 / 2018-07-20 01:12:24 / July 20, 2018 @ 1:12 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -0.84 km (-1 miles). The 2.85-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:12:24 / 3:12 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: hv70447892. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70447892. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2581635 West, latitude 19.3981667 North, depth = -0.84 km.
Epicenter of the event was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park.
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 eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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