A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 01:33:41 / 1:33 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 29/07/18 / 2018-07-29 11:33:41 / July 29, 2018 @ 11:33 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2660065 West, latitude 19.4136658 North, depth = 1.51 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.51 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70493002. Id of event: hv70493002.
The epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-three, in the last 10 days seven hundred and ten, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and six and in the last 365 days four thousand, four hundred and thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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