A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2841644° West, 19.4168339° North, depth -0.56 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/07/18 / 2018-07-26 06:57:45 / July 26, 2018 @ 6:57 am UTC/GMT. The 2.97-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:57:45 / 8:57 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -0.56 km (-0 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70477992. Id of event: hv70477992.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-one, in the last 10 days six hundred and eighty, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and seventy-seven and in the last 365 days four thousand, one hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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