A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70497417. Unique identifier: hv70497417. The 2.98-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:43:16 / 12:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2598267 West, latitude 19.4081669 North, depth = 1.4 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.4 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/07/18 / 2018-07-30 10:43:16 / July 30, 2018 @ 10:43 am.
Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 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). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-eight, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand, one hundred and thirty-two and in the last 365 days four thousand, four hundred and fourty 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 3 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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