A minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/07/18 / 2018-07-07 03:20:13 / July 7, 2018 @ 3:20 am. The 2.97-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:20:13 / 5:20 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.7 km (0 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70375301. Id of event: hv70375301. Exact location of earthquake, -155.274826° West, 19.4076672° North, depth 0.7 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seventy-two, in the last 10 days eight hundred and fifty, in the past 30 days two thousand, one hundred and fifty-one and in the last 365 days two thousand, eight hundred and fifty-six 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. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
How would you describe the shaking?
Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 4 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply