A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2785034° West, 19.3926659° North, depth 0.52 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.52 km (0 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/07/18 / 2018-07-24 02:47:42 / July 24, 2018 @ 2:47 am. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:47:42 / 4:47 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70467667. Id of event: hv70467667.
Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (46 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 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-two, in the last 10 days six hundred and fifty-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand, three hundred and fourty-five and in the last 365 days four thousand and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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