A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:40:23 / 5:40 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.79 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -155.2669983° West, latitude 19.4104996° North, depth = 0.79 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/07/18 / 2018-07-25 03:40:23 / July 25, 2018 @ 3:40 am. Id of earthquake: hv70472627. Event ids that are associated: hv70472627.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). 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).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-two, in the last 10 days six hundred and fifty-eight, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and ninety-four and in the last 365 days four thousand and eighty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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