A minor earthquake magnitude 2.95 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii. Unique identifier: hv70509452. Ids that are associated to the event: hv70509452. The 2.95-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:56:15 / 12:56 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.89 km (1 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -155.2801666 West, latitude 19.4178333 North, depth = 0.89 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/08/18 / 2018-08-01 22:56:15 / August 1, 2018 @ 10:56 pm.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-three, in the last 10 days six hundred and twenty-nine, in the past 30 days two thousand and fourty-nine and in the last 365 days four thousand, six hundred earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.5 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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