A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70493267. Id of event: hv70493267. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly -0.05 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2725067 West, latitude 19.4003334 North, depth = -0.05 km. The temblor was picked up at 02:55:16 / 2:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/07/18 / 2018-07-29 12:55:16 / July 29, 2018 @ 12:55 pm.
The epicenter was 41 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). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park.
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-seven, in the last 10 days seven hundred and six, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and two and in the last 365 days four thousand, four hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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