A minor earthquake magnitude 2.82 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Sunday. The temblor was detected at 17:23:38 / 5:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/07/18 / 2018-07-02 03:23:38 / July 2, 2018 @ 3:23 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.43 km (1 miles). Exact location of event, depth 1.43 km, -155.2805023° West, 19.4016666° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70351146. Id of event: hv70351146.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 42 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), 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two hundred and twenty-three, in the last 10 days one thousand, one hundred and fifty-six, in the past 30 days two thousand and seven and in the last 365 days two thousand, six hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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