A minor earthquake magnitude 2.89 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. The 2.89-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:10:39 / 12:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/08/18 / 2018-08-01 10:10:39 / August 1, 2018 @ 10:10 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.57 km (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -155.2726593 West, latitude 19.4115009 North, depth = 0.57 km. Event id: hv70506947. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70506947.
Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park.
Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-three, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty-five, in the past 30 days two thousand and fourty and in the last 365 days four thousand, five hundred and sixty-six 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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 WSW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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