A minor earthquake magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/02/20 / 2020-02-01 14:30:33 / February 1, 2020 @ 2:30 pm. The 2.87-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:30:33 / 4:30 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.26 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, depth 6.26 km, -155.1353302° West, 19.333334° North. All ids that are associated to the event: hv71362702. Unique identifier: hv71362702.
The epicenter was 44 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). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 15 km SE of Volcano, Hawaii.
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