A minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:07:38 / 8:07 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.12 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/07/18 / 2018-07-21 18:07:38 / July 21, 2018 @ 6:07 pm. Id of earthquake: hv70456317. Event ids that are associated: hv70456317. Exact location, longitude -155.2915039° West, latitude 19.4056664° North, depth = 1.12 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and four, in the last 10 days six hundred and sixty, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and seventy-seven and in the last 365 days three thousand, nine hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 6 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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