A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.57 km (2 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000gb9q. Id of event: us2000gb9q. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:05:51 / 6:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -155.2755° West, 19.3979° North, depth 2.57 km. Global time and date of event 22/07/18 / 2018-07-22 16:05:51 / July 22, 2018 @ 4:05 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). 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 (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five hundred and twenty-nine, in the last 10 days one thousand, one hundred and fifty-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand, nine hundred and fifty and in the last 365 days four thousand, four hundred and thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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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