A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Global time and date of event 01/08/18 / 2018-08-01 16:09:33 / August 1, 2018 @ 4:09 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -155.272171 West, latitude 19.3973331 North, depth = -0.41 km. All ids that are associated to the event: hv70508137. Unique identifier: hv70508137. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of -0.41 km (-0 miles). The temblor was reported at 06:09:33 / 6:09 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty-three, in the past 30 days two thousand and fourty and in the last 365 days four thousand, five hundred and seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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