A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.08 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2708282 West, latitude 19.4200001 North, depth = 1.56 km. The 3.08-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:34:20 / 5:34 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.56 km (1 miles). Global time and date of event 26/07/18 / 2018-07-26 03:34:20 / July 26, 2018 @ 3:34 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70477307. Id of event: hv70477307.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). 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), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-five, in the last 10 days six hundred and seventy-eight, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and sixty-seven and in the last 365 days four thousand, one hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 3 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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