A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 1.07 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2696686 West, latitude 19.4144993 North, depth = 1.07 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/07/18 / 2018-07-03 22:18:19 / July 3, 2018 @ 10:18 pm. The temblor was detected at 12:18:19 / 12:18 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: hv70359686. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70359686.
Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter 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), 75 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 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-eight, in the last 10 days nine hundred and sixty-three, in the past 30 days one thousand, nine hundred and eighty-seven and in the last 365 days two thousand, six hundred and fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 3 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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