A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:28:37 / 5:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/08/18 / 2018-08-01 03:28:37 / August 1, 2018 @ 3:28 am. Exact location of event, longitude -155.2731628 West, latitude 19.4143333 North, depth = 1.86 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.86 km (1 miles). Event id: hv70505677. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70505677.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park. Epicenter of the earthquake 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), 74 km (46 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-seven, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty-two, in the past 30 days two thousand and seventy-eight and in the last 365 days four thousand, five hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km WSW of Volcano, Hawaii. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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