A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude -155.2881622° West, latitude 19.4411659° North, depth = 0.49 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.49 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 20:24:17 / 8:24 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/07/18 / 2018-07-25 06:24:17 / July 25, 2018 @ 6:24 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70473167. Id of event: hv70473167.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Waimea, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-eight, in the last 10 days six hundred and fourty-seven, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and ninety-six and in the last 365 days four thousand and ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 5 km WNW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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