A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.89 km (-1 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2666626 West, latitude 19.4015007 North, depth = -0.89 km. Unique identifier: hv70507497. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70507497. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/08/18 / 2018-08-01 13:15:20 / August 1, 2018 @ 1:15 pm. The temblor was reported at 03:15:20 / 3:15 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 41 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 (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty-two, in the past 30 days two thousand and thirty-three and in the last 365 days four thousand, five hundred and seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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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: 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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