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Minor earthquake, 2.88 mag strikes near Volcano in Hawaii

Earthquake location 19.9757S, -155.7975W


Earthquake location 19.4056664S, -155.2731628WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.88 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 12:56:30 / 12:56 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv70423497. Event ids that are associated: hv70423497. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/07/18 / 2018-07-14 22:56:30 / July 14, 2018 @ 10:56 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2731628° West, 19.4056664° North, depth 1.35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.35 km (1 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-eight, in the last 10 days six hundred and eighty-seven, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and thirty-nine and in the last 365 days three thousand, four hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.

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