A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/07/18 / 2018-07-21 16:07:58 / July 21, 2018 @ 4:07 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.18 km (0 miles). The 2.81-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:07:58 / 6:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.25° West, latitude 19.4053326° North, depth = 0.18 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70455897. Id of event: hv70455897.
Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 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.
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 one hundred, in the last 10 days six hundred and fifty-four, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and eighty-two and in the last 365 days three thousand, eight hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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