A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, -155.267334° West, 19.413166° North, depth 1 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/07/18 / 2018-07-23 03:29:53 / July 23, 2018 @ 3:29 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: hv70462937. Event ids that are associated: hv70462937. The 2.86-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:29:53 / 5:29 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 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, in the last 10 days six hundred and fifty-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and five and in the last 365 days three thousand, nine hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 3 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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