A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 2.95-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:59:01 / 1:59 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 1.25 km (1 miles). Unique identifier: hv70658912. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70658912. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.1134949 West, latitude 19.3204994 North, depth = 1.25 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/10/18 / 2018-10-17 23:59:01 / October 17, 2018 @ 11:59 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days four thousand, seven hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 17 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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