A minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2758331° West, 19.4284992° North, depth 0.27 km. The 2.97-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:29:29 / 2:29 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.27 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/07/18 / 2018-07-15 00:29:29 / July 15, 2018 @ 12:29 am. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70423842. Unique identifier: hv70423842.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kailua, Waimea, Hōlualoa (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 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), 78 km (48 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-two, in the last 10 days seven hundred, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and fifty-three and in the last 365 days three thousand, four hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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