A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/07/18 / 2018-07-23 13:58:17 / July 23, 2018 @ 1:58 pm. Exact location, longitude -155.2776642° West, latitude 19.4125004° North, depth = 1.91 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.91 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: hv70465017. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70465017. The temblor was picked up at 03:58:17 / 3:58 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-eight, in the last 10 days six hundred and seventy-six, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and six and in the last 365 days four thousand and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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 WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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