A minor earthquake magnitude 2.93 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/07/18 / 2018-07-28 04:03:49 / July 28, 2018 @ 4:03 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70486837. Id of event: hv70486837. The temblor was picked up at 18:03:49 / 6:03 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.2716675° West, latitude 19.3951664° North, depth = 1.34 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.34 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 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), 75 km (47 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. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-four, in the last 10 days seven hundred and eight, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and fifty and in the last 365 days four thousand, three hundred and fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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