A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.23 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/07/18 / 2018-07-15 02:58:54 / July 15, 2018 @ 2:58 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -155.274826° West, latitude 19.4148331° North, depth = 1.23 km. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:58:54 / 4:58 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: hv70424412. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70424412.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park.
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-two, in the last 10 days seven hundred and twelve, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and sixty and in the last 365 days three thousand, four hundred and thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
Questions or comments?
How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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 WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply