A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2663269 West, latitude 19.4273338 North, depth = 0.69 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/07/18 / 2018-07-08 08:14:37 / July 8, 2018 @ 8:14 am UTC/GMT. The 2.98-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:14:37 / 10:14 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: hv70381531. Event ids that are associated: hv70381531. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.69 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Waimea, Hōlualoa, Hilo. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-six, in the last 10 days eight hundred and fifty-seven, in the past 30 days two thousand, two hundred and fifty-six and in the last 365 days two thousand, nine hundred and eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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