A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was reported at 02:31:10 / 2:31 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2571 West, latitude 19.4133 North, depth = 5 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/07/18 / 2018-07-04 12:31:10 / July 4, 2018 @ 12:31 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fwtt. Id of event: us2000fwtt.
The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two thousand and fourty-eight, in the last 10 days two thousand, nine hundred and sixty-nine, in the past 30 days four thousand and thirty-four and in the last 365 days four thousand, six hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 2 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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