A minor earthquake magnitude 2.94 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 0.16 km (0 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70500122. Id of event: hv70500122. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/07/18 / 2018-07-31 00:12:03 / July 31, 2018 @ 12:12 am. The temblor was detected at 14:12:03 / 2:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -155.272995 West, latitude 19.4063339 North, depth = 0.16 km.
The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-one, in the last 10 days six hundred and fifty-four, in the past 30 days two thousand and ninety-nine and in the last 365 days four thousand, four hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 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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