A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was picked up at 14:37:53 / 2:37 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000g5a3. Id of event: us2000g5a3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/07/18 / 2018-07-15 00:37:53 / July 15, 2018 @ 12:37 am. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2596° West, 19.379° North, depth 5 km.
The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one thousand, three hundred and three, in the last 10 days one thousand, nine hundred and fourty-four, in the past 30 days three thousand, seven hundred and two and in the last 365 days four thousand, six hundred and sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 6 km SSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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