A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.26 km (0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/07/18 / 2018-07-31 14:21:02 / July 31, 2018 @ 2:21 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70503042. Id of event: hv70503042. The temblor was reported at 04:21:02 / 4:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -155.2611694° West, latitude 19.3916664° North, depth = 0.26 km.
Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days two thousand, one hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days four thousand, five hundred and thirty-four 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. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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