A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.66 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -155.2698364° West, latitude 19.421833° North, depth = 1.66 km. The temblor was detected at 09:01:37 / 9:01 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/08/18 / 2018-08-01 19:01:37 / August 1, 2018 @ 7:01 pm. Event id: hv70508667. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70508667.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days six hundred and twenty-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand and fourty-six and in the last 365 days four thousand, five hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.
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