A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.86 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2843323 West, latitude 19.3931675 North, depth = 0.16 km. The 2.86-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:12:16 / 7:12 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 01/08/18 / 2018-08-01 17:12:16 / August 1, 2018 @ 5:12 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.16 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: hv70508352. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70508352.
Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty-three, in the past 30 days two thousand and fourty-four and in the last 365 days four thousand, five hundred and eighty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 6 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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