A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.13 km (1 miles). The 2.85-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:50:44 / 9:50 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv70492242. Event ids that are associated: hv70492242. Global time and date of event 29/07/18 / 2018-07-29 07:50:44 / July 29, 2018 @ 7:50 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -155.27034° West, latitude 19.3934994° North, depth = 1.13 km.
Event 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. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days six hundred and seventy-one, in the past 30 days two thousand, one hundred and seventy-two and in the last 365 days four thousand, three hundred and seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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