A minor earthquake magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The temblor was picked up at 02:23:12 / 2:23 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70426367. Id of event: hv70426367. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2129974 West, latitude 19.2994995 North, depth = 3.01 km. Global time and date of event 15/07/18 / 2018-07-15 12:23:12 / July 15, 2018 @ 12:23 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 3.01 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Epicenter of the earthquake was 50 km (31 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety-nine, in the last 10 days seven hundred and sixty-two, in the past 30 days two thousand, four hundred and seventy-three and in the last 365 days three thousand, four hundred and eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 14 km S of Volcano, Hawaii.
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