A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.3088379 West, latitude 19.4050007 North, depth = 0.59 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.59 km (0 miles). The 2.93-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:50:44 / 11:50 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: hv70461777. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70461777. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/07/18 / 2018-07-22 21:50:44 / July 22, 2018 @ 9:50 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty, in the last 10 days six hundred and fifty-four, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days three thousand, nine hundred and sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 7 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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