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Minor earthquake, 2.87 mag was detected near Volcano in Hawaii

Earthquake location 19.9757S, -155.7975W


Earthquake location 19.4161663S, -155.2718353WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.87 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Saturday. Event id: hv70423547. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70423547. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2718353 West, latitude 19.4161663 North, depth = 1.15 km. The temblor was reported at 13:14:38 / 1:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/07/18 / 2018-07-14 23:14:38 / July 14, 2018 @ 11:14 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.15 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (20 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). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 seventy-seven, in the last 10 days seven hundred and eleven, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and sixty-three and in the last 365 days three thousand, four hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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