A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was detected at 06:34:00 / 6:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 0.1 km, -155.2717° West, 19.419° North. Event id: us2000gcte. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70470467, us2000gcte. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/07/18 / 2018-07-24 16:34:00 / July 24, 2018 @ 4:34 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.1 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 39 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five hundred and fourty-three, in the last 10 days one thousand, one hundred and fifty-eight, in the past 30 days two thousand, eight hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days four thousand, five hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 3 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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