A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/07/18 / 2018-07-31 11:58:13 / July 31, 2018 @ 11:58 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.6 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth -0.6 km, -155.2915039° West, 19.4080009° North. The 2.81-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:58:13 / 1:58 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70502542. Id of event: hv70502542.
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. Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twelve, in the last 10 days six hundred and sixty-three, in the past 30 days two thousand, one hundred and fifty-one and in the last 365 days four thousand, five hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 6 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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