A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:21:09 / 7:21 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.17 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/07/18 / 2018-07-31 17:21:09 / July 31, 2018 @ 5:21 pm. Exact location of event, depth 5.17 km, -155.2473297° West, 19.3991661° North. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70503702. Unique identifier: hv70503702.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and one, in the last 10 days six hundred and fourty-five, in the past 30 days two thousand, one hundred and fourty and in the last 365 days four thousand, five hundred and fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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