A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.09 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2706604° West, 19.3986664° North, depth 0.09 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/07/18 / 2018-07-19 16:48:02 / July 19, 2018 @ 4:48 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70446267. Unique identifier: hv70446267. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:48:02 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Epicenter of the event was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty, in the last 10 days seven hundred and twelve, in the past 30 days two thousand, five hundred and two and in the last 365 days three thousand, seven hundred and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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: 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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