A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 2.98-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:44:18 / 3:44 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv70493422. Event ids that are associated: hv70493422. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.03 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2828369° West, 19.4071674° North, depth -0.03 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/07/18 / 2018-07-29 13:44:18 / July 29, 2018 @ 1:44 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 41 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kailua, Hōlualoa, Hilo. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-two, in the last 10 days six hundred and seventy-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand, one hundred and seventy-five and in the last 365 days four thousand, four hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 5 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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