A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.99 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2955017 West, latitude 19.4265003 North, depth = 0.27 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.27 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.99-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:46:53 / 10:46 am (local time epicenter). Event id: hv70485532. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70485532. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/07/18 / 2018-07-27 20:46:53 / July 27, 2018 @ 8:46 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa. Event epicenter was 40 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), 77 km (48 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty, in the last 10 days seven hundred and two, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and fourty-six and in the last 365 days four thousand, three hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km W of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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