A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.84 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/07/18 / 2018-07-27 21:47:19 / July 27, 2018 @ 9:47 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70485722. Id of event: hv70485722. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.15 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -155.2743378° West, latitude 19.4251671° North, depth = 1.15 km. The 2.84-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:47:19 / 11:47 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event 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). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirteen, in the last 10 days seven hundred and fifty-one, in the past 30 days two thousand, three hundred and six and in the last 365 days four thousand, three hundred and sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km W of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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