A minor earthquake magnitude 2.81 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.67 km (0 miles). The 2.81-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:06:01 / 4:06 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 0.67 km, -155.2641602° West, 19.4156666° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/08/18 / 2018-08-01 14:06:01 / August 1, 2018 @ 2:06 pm. Event id: hv70507677. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70507677.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Each 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, in the past 30 days two thousand and thirty-four and in the last 365 days four thousand, five hundred and seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 3 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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