A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, -155.295166° West, 19.4165001° North, depth 0.62 km. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70486842. Unique identifier: hv70486842. The 2.99-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:07:22 / 6:07 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/07/18 / 2018-07-28 04:07:22 / July 28, 2018 @ 4:07 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.62 km (0 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-four, in the last 10 days six hundred and eighty-eight, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and thirty-one and in the last 365 days four thousand, three hundred and thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 6 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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