A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.91 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Wednesday. The 2.91-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:37:49 / 12:37 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.7 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/08/18 / 2018-08-01 10:37:49 / August 1, 2018 @ 10:37 am. Id of earthquake: hv70507017. Event ids that are associated: hv70507017. Exact location, longitude -155.2704926° West, latitude 19.3946667° North, depth = 0.7 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hōlualoa, Hilo, Hawaiian Paradise Park (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hōlualoa (c. 8 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days six hundred and thirty-three, in the past 30 days two thousand and thirty-six and in the last 365 days four thousand, five hundred and sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 5 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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