A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Friday. Exact location, longitude -155.2723389° West, latitude 19.3869991° North, depth = 0.94 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/07/18 / 2018-07-13 23:31:17 / July 13, 2018 @ 11:31 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.94 km (1 miles). The temblor was picked up at 13:31:17 / 1:31 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70418707. Id of event: hv70418707.
Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty, in the last 10 days seven hundred and thirty-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and twenty-four and in the last 365 days three thousand, three hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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