A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 2.88-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:24:22 / 7:24 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/07/18 / 2018-07-26 05:24:22 / July 26, 2018 @ 5:24 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.74 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: hv70477692. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70477692. Exact location of event, depth -0.74 km, -155.2741699° West, 19.4291668° North.
The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 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 or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-seven, in the last 10 days six hundred and seventy-seven, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and seventy-one and in the last 365 days four thousand, one hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 W of Volcano, Hawaii.
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