A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2664948° West, 19.4003334° North, depth 0.34 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.34 km (0 miles). The 2.99-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:25:47 / 11:25 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/07/18 / 2018-07-20 21:25:47 / July 20, 2018 @ 9:25 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70451952. Unique identifier: hv70451952.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty, in the last 10 days six hundred and sixty-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and fifty-eight and in the last 365 days three thousand, eight hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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